Essays on Circumventing

Information Systems

Internet censorship is simply the control on what can be published, accessed or viewed online. This practice is mostly carried out by governments as well as private organizations. Individuals may also take part in self censorship for religious, ethical or business reasons due to intimidation or other penalties. Different countries enforce different forms of internet censorship whether it is through banning or full blown censorship. However, they vary on how strict their enforcement is. Similarly, a couple of counter measures are undertaken by some people to thwart censorship efforts. Such people feel that the practice infringes on user`s internet ...

Abstract

Firefighters coupled with other emergency responders are evidenced by numerous dangers within their daily operations. As such, the various firefighters are exposed to smoke, extremely deadly temperatures stress within the operative environment coupled with issues entailing the personal protective gear. Despite the notion that the varied fatalities reported are associated with burn and smoke inhalation, recent studies have shown increased deaths as a result of cardiovascular events. Studies within the firefighting frontier have revealed that cardiac related issues have accounted for the highest number of non-incident firefighter deaths. United states fire administration (USFA) coupled with the National fire protection association ( ...

Introduction

Air Canada is a big company offering air travel services to many local and international destinations, including 180 destinations across five continents. It is Canada’s biggest full-service airline, providing scheduled passenger air transport services in the local Canadian market. The firm is an important player in the international air travel industry. The company is not only the largest airline in Canada, but also the biggest in the Canada-US trans-border market. Considering Air Canada’s size and operations, the international business dynamics affect the firm’s operations and profitability, so in pursuit of its business goals and vision, the airline ...

Regulation Problems

The Berne Convention; Since long ago Intellectuals believed that people should control their creations and inventions, since they are the creators of those properties. In the year 1787 America included her support for copyright in the constitution in, Article 1; Section 8, Clause 8” Which states that, “congress has the mandate to promote the science and useful arts by securing author’s and Inventor’s exclusive rights to their writings and discoveries for a limited period of time”( SPINELLO,2009,pg 31). By that time countries such as Germany, France and Britain had already began copyrighting properties for their ...

Research Paper

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act, often referred to as DCMA was created in the year 1998 as an amendment of the Copyright Act of 1976. The main aim of this act is to protect the unauthorized usage as well as the production of services, devices or technology, mainly intended to bypass the Digital Rights Managing. It is also meant to restrict any form of evasion that the person may intend to make any infringement of the copyright protection. The act has been divided into five crucial parts; TITLE I deals with the implementation of the World Intellectual Property Organization ( ...