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In October of 2011 Texas Representative Lamar Smith introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act to the United States House of Representatives. The bill boasts heightened copyright laws that claim to protect free speech and creativity while it actually accomplishes the opposite. Online service providers, or OSPs, are the target of SOPA legislation. SOPA places liability for copyright law infringing content on innocent corporations that merely provide a platform for users to share content. Most…

Freedom of Expression or Freedom of Invasion? From hieroglyphics, the printing press, to the computer, the concept of communication has been an integral part of society in order to express and spread ideas. With the vast advancements in technology and social media tools, communication has evolved into a far more immediate, efficient method for greater involvement in activities locally and globally. Clay Shirky, in “The Political Power of Social Media: Technology, the Public Sphere, and Political…

I think the video, A Fair(y) Use Tale, is fair use and that Eric Faden is not infringing anything from Disney. The videos purpose was to teach others about fair use, using disney clips, and in the law of fair use it states that you can use it for criticism, parody, news reporting, and teaching. Which this video is following for education purposes. Although he is using clips from different disney movies and such, the clips are not too long to be considered copyright infringement. And he didn't…

was the founder of al-Qaeda, the organization that claimed responsibility for the September 11 attacks on the United States, along with numerous other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a Saudi Arabian, a member of the wealthy bin Laden family, and an ethnic YemeniA major component of bin Laden's ideology was the concept that civilians from enemy countries, including women and children, were legitimate targets for jihadists to kill.[51][52] According to former…

is carried out based on the code of law. Since every country is governed by its own set of laws and rules, due process for such criminal acts will not have the same punishment or consequences like those here in the United States. As such, the country of Australia will be analyzed in order to understand how the judicial system and the application of criminal responsibility work. The Australian legal system is based upon the fundamental belief of the rule of law, justice, and independence of the…

The Market Revolution transformed the United States into a highly industrialized country and acted as the catalyst for the diversity in the United States. However, the core of the Market Revolution was laid upon the desire to maximize profit. To achieve maximum profit, Americans turned to illegal means to acquire cheap land and labor. In the case of the Mexicans, Americans saw the abundance of raw materials in California and Texas and annexed the territories through border dispute. The Mexican…

and think differently from the rest of the people in the world. The meaning of law for me is the system of rules that our country has for regulating the actions of its habitants enforce by penalties if rules are not respected. One personal perspective I have about freedom is that the people can express their self in anyway they want but always been very respectful to not harm any other person. In my own aspect the law is to be abbey at all times because it’s one of our jobs as citizens of a…

Stand Your Ground Laws. A law that allows individuals to use deadly force if they believe that they were in danger. Ideally, this law is everything America stands for. To be able to stand up for themselves when they feel threatened, whether it would be their physical body or their rights. Adding on to that patriotism, the United States also gives power to the people and thus the states. Therefore, two states with the Stand Your Ground Laws can be interpreted differently. Take Texas and New York…

are laws that keep the population from collapsing on itself. Laws are what keep our societies together but do you understand their importance.The first written laws were created in Babylon by their ruler Hammurabi the were “ Hammurabi’s Laws”. Laws are capable of keeping countries and states productive and diligent like they need to be. Other things laws can do is keep our society under control and stable. Also laws are there to keep the people of our society or country safe . Without laws how…

In the United States of America, it seems like we have laws, rules, for just about everything. We don’t always like these rules, since they often mean that someone is telling us what to do, or keeping us from doing what we want. But to live in a civil society, we must have some rules to follow. The societies we live in, people are breaking the law more rapidly. Have you ever wondered who wrote the first laws? It was King Hammurabi of Babylon. The laws were written to promote an organization,…