Essays on Piracy

Intellectual Property

Information system plays a very important role in our society. There are the ethical aspects of the information system in regards to intellectual property that arises with the use of information technologies. These can be piracy and plagiarism of resources where another person's knowledge and work are used without giving due credit to the owner of the information. This happens when someone presents an idea that taken from another source as their own. This paper is going to discuss ethical issues that arise from piracy of resources, patents, and copyrights in the world through the internet. Information ethics issues ...

In the end of XIX century, the United States of America faced the huge pressure from the foreign countries to improve the IPR protection. The USA was regarded as one of the most dangerous violator of the IPR rights due to the high level of piracy in the country. Although, in the beginning of the XX century, the amount of domestic items requiring the IPR protection, increased and the leadership of the country faced the necessity to turn its performance into the IPR protector. In addition, through the previous years the leadership of the state did no deem it ...

Introduction

According to experts, the security threats of organized and transnational crime have existed for many years in Southeast Asia and have even increased over the years because of globalization. But despite the fact that organized and transnational criminal activity in Southeast Asia is rampant, little study has been done to fully understand this phenomenon. In a study submitted to the United States’ National Institute of Justice, for instance, it was observed that Southeast Asian countries have little awareness about organized and transnational crimes and its impact on their national security. Among their major findings is that “there is little ...

With advancements in computer and information technologies, criminals-terrorists in particular have devised new ways of committing crime through the internet sometimes without being detected, but with devastating impacts. A common type of digital crime that is used by internet hackers and terror gangs to compromise government and private organization information systems is cybercrime. Digital crimes are crimes committed to compromise the integrity, confidentiality and availability of computer systems or data (Jewkes & Yar, 2013). Digital criminals normally modify, alter, impair or interfere with the access to a digital or computer information system. Criminology theories such as rational choice, social disorganization, ...

RESEARCH AIMS AND SIGNIFICANCE: The paper should be regarded as innovative and significant to the development of international maritime law sphere. The principal idea of this essay is to analyze the notion of the maritime terrorism by covering the following issues: (1) distinction of the maritime terrorism from the piracy; (2) identification of the maritime zones where the terrorism could take place; (3) consideration of the perspective targets of maritime terrorism. At the end of the research proposal, the author conducts the evaluation of the role of several international conventions over the regulation of maritime terrorism within the world.

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Intersection of technology and entertainment

Technology and entertainment have intersected and the intersection is seen to bring benefits and problems at the same time. One area in which technology has intersected with entertainment is in the downloading of the music from the internet. This intersection has benefits and yet at the same time there are concerns about the effect that this intersection has brought to the entertainment industry. The technology factor has been seen to bring copyright and illegal access of music files on the internet. This is something that the music industry has been fighting. This trend is because of the fact that ...

Intellectual property refers to the works or inventions that are as a result of creativity, including a manuscript or a design, to which one has exclusive rights or for which one may apply for a patent, trademark or copyright. If a person or organization registers their original works such as inventions, ideas, innovations, writings and artistic performances among many others, with the relevant government and they own the exclusive rights for a particular period of time, this is referred to as intellectual property.

Intellectual property has become a major issue in recent rounds of international trade negotiations because of a number of factors. One, the costs ...

1. Soil Horizon: The layer of soil parallel to the soil surface is known as soil horizon. Depending upon the texture and composition of the soil, it is categorized as O, A, B and C. Horizon O consists of organic matter such as remains of plants. Horizon A contains plants’ roots, fungi, bacteria and chemically stable minerals. Horizon B is the accumulation of soluble minerals. Horizon C contains bed rock, in other words rock fragments.

2. Mechanical Weathering: Mechanical withering occurs as a result of physical processes that break down rocks and minerals into smaller pieces that hold back ...

Introduction

Several past decades have been characterized by a rapid increase in availability and the level of development of computer technology. The increased availability of both computer technologies and information about them called forth the development of such forms of criminal activities as computer fraud and computer crime. Rapid developments in new technologies call forth difficulties related to defining the terms “computer crime”. According to C.Franklin (2006), computer crime is the one, which uses or focuses on a computer for the purposes of criminal act. (p.8). Such synonyms as digital crime or cybercrime can be also used. The list of cybercrimes’ types ...

Online piracy and illegal file-sharing refer to the practice of unauthorized sharing of copyrighted material, such as movies or music or media that is considered illegal such as child pornography. On the one hand, a copyright is provided to a content creator to give them exclusive rights to their content and the ability to determine how it is distributed. On the other hand, whether or not a person has a valid copyright, media deemed illegal simply cannot be made. One of the most common ways to engage in online piracy and illegal file-sharing is through a technology called peer-to-peer file-sharing (P2P). P2P allows you ...

Friedlander, R. A., Levie, H. S., Musch, D. J., Alexander, Y., & Lovelace, D. C. (1979).Terrorism: Documents of international and local control. Dobbs Ferry, N.Y: Oceana Publications.

The main argument or topic in this source is the local and international control of terrorism. The author elaborates various ways in which terrorism can be controlled both at the domestic and international levels. The current strategies used to curb terrorism both at the local and international levels are well elaborated by the author. The authors develop their argument by linking their arguments and ideas on how various countries in various ...

Question 1

Alibaba Group Holding being a business like any other has strength, weakness, and opportunities and threats (SWOT) the same way other business experiences. The company operates in greater parts of China, India, Korea, Japan, US and UK with its’ headquarter in Hangzhou, China and employs a total of 24,000 employees. The following refers to Alibaba’ SWOT analysis.

Strengths:

Strong market position; since Alibaba is the largest e-commerce company, it enjoys a wide and strong market position compared with other enterprises. The presence of electronic commerce value chain; since launched, Alibaba has developed to be one of the leading online payment, e-commerce, cloud ...

Question 1:

Technically speaking, a system is a set of both things and processes that comes together to be able to do something. The successful development of systems involves several players. First, users must be involved in the development as these would be the end users. There must be consulted and their desires must be satisfied. When we say users, this includes all the users from the novice users, the middle managers to the top management. The next important things that must be involved are of course the tea of developers. These are the ones who will be interpreting the needs of the ...

Ans 1: Banque de France (BdF) and the French Central Bank (FCB) compile the data on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in France to understand the balance-of-payments. International Transactions Reporting System (ITRS) is used to compile the FDI data flow that is reported according to the sectorial analysis. The BdF, the French statistical institute (INSEE) and the Department of Foreign Economic Relations (DREE) collect the operations data of the partners of foreign Transnational Corporations (TNC) along with the operations of French partners abroad . The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry collect the operational data from the foreign affiliates. As stated ...

Question 1. Identify the four specific categories of computer crimes. Provide an example for each category and explain the influence on society and criminal justice operations that the crime has under each category.

According to Carter (1995), there are 4 general types of computer crimes. First is computer as target. In this category of crime, the computer is the target and types of offenses under this category include theft of intellectual property. Other crimes falling under this category include theft of market information, unlawful access of government records and trespass. This crime has a great influence on society and criminal ...

Where does Bill Gates eat? According to the various lists Bill Gates is either the worlds richest person or has been within the top three for the better part of a generation. As CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates changed the way humanity interacts with itself and its environment. The revolution he ushered has made what once would have been considered ‘magic’ possible. With his creativity and business acumen he has accumulated a vast fortune. The vast majority of his fortune, some 95%, is dedicated to philanthropic purposes. Where does such a man eat? Why should he want to dine with me?

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Lessig debate is discussing on copyright. He says, copyright regulation denies majority of the people from accessing information. The law permits only a small portion of the population to access this information. According to him, scientific information on the internet is restricted to professors and university students in a university setting. Lessig says that the accessibility of information should be permitted to all. The right to personal creativity should be protected but when the information is not accessible to people it does not mean a thing. His concern is on science and not music.

Lessig proposes the creation of blue-sky commission that ...

There are several ways through which the revolution of the 18th century challenged the traditional ideas on politics and society. The three most significant of them include the new scientific approaches of doing things for instance the earth being the center of the universe was replaced by what is referred to as heliocentric. There was the replacement of the eminent Aristotle idea of heavy bodies by their nature automatically moved down toward their place of origin, in addition the force of inertia did replace the medieval impetus theory. Related to the above after the 18th century revolution there was ...

The Federal Flight Deck Officer (FFDO) program provides for the training and regulation of armed pilots. Legislation exists to support this program, in 2004 Congress considered, but did not vote on additional legislative efforts like the Cockpit Technical Corrections and Improvements Act, other legislation is pending Congressional action.

The United States Department of Homeland Security, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) maintains a section for Federal Flight Deck Officers (FFDOs). It starts with a description of what a FFDO is, how they work with the Federal Air Marshal Service and the history of when the legislation creating the creation of the FFDOs was signed ...

With the introduction of social networks and internet technologies that enable people to connect and share ideas, there are legislations that have been introduced that are geared at enabling a safe environment. With the recent developments in the Middle East, there is a concern that social networking sites bring to the whole scenario of Internet and social networks. The Middle East experienced a revolution that toppled some governments. An example is Tunisia and Egypt.

I support the need to have legislations like ACTA, SOPA and TAFTA because of the fact that there is a need to protect copyright laws. There is a need to ...

Executive Summary

The modern film industry contributes significantly to the GDP growth of countries like United States, China, Japan, and India. This industry also employs tens of thousands of people worldwide. Despite the growing popularity of the film industry, film piracy (particularly the web-based film piracy) poses potential threats to the future growth this industry. The widespread use of internet worldwide increases the industry’s vulnerability to piracy issues because any person can upload/share videos on the internet from any part of the globe. It is not practical to prevent people from downloading/watching pirated movies on the internet due to the ...

Is Samsung a Better Choice than Apple?

Introduction Apple and Samsung are two giants in the modern day electronics industry. Apple thrives on innovation and superior product quality, whereas Samsung focus on manufacturing excellence and cost-efficient product portfolio. Samsung offers products starting from $10 to $1000 in smartphone segment, whereas Apple offers its smartphones only at prices over $450 (Edwards, 2014). Apple does not sell its product at a cheaper price; still it is one of the most adored companies among the customers and shareholders alike. It is not easy to decide which one of these two companies is better. This paper upon examining various product, ...

Introduction:

This term paper will be consisted on the chosen theory that is self control theory and detailed information about self control theory and its linkage with a type of cyber crime that is hacking. Definitions of self control theory and hacking will be provided to understand the general overview and the linkage between these two terms. After developing an understanding of criminology theory, that is the self control theory the reasons of computer hacking and other such kinds of cyber crimes. After reasons of computer hacking the linkage of self control theory and computer hacking will be provided. The finding ...

Executive summary and an overview of the company

With the explosion of the internet or the World Wide Web in the last decade, many businesses and organizations have realized the need to tap into the internet resources to improve their businesses. There are many e-business ideas that are aggressive and geared towards improvement of products and services provided by these companies. Some of the companies have partially adopted the use of e-commerce strategies for some of their services and products, while some are purely e-commerce driven businesses. One such business is Amazon.com. Amazon.com is an American e-commerce company that is based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in ...

IS/IT and as a Part of Strategy

Give an example of a company that is using Information Systems as part of its competitive strategy. Discuss what basic strategy the company is using and how IS helps support that strategy. Apple has grown over the years due its innovative customer interaction. The customer interaction has been heightened by Apple’s numerous applications that enable it to understand different client needs. Each user of the Apple devices has unique preferences that are easily tapped into by Apple through a strong information system. This type of customer interaction is unique as it is tailor-made for each customer. The enhanced customer interaction ...

Marketing 469

As a researcher investigating web users who illegally download music files, it is best to adopt the storytelling technique to elicit information and understanding from sources, rather than focus groups and interviews. Storytelling is a technique where the researcher elicits information from participants in an unstructured manner, urging the participants to embellish their individual perspectives as part of a narrative, much like a story. It is best employed when individual parts of a narrative cannot be understood without understanding the whole narrative. In this technique, the storytellers, not just the researchers, serve as interpreters and analysts. The technique forces the researcher to relate ...

Introduction

The NET Act In 1997, 16th December, the congress passed the No Electronic Theft Act which was later to be signed by President Clinton, into law. The act was enacted to facilitate the prosecution of any violations on copyrights which is perpetrated on the internet. The act declared all actions of reproducing, distributing and sharing copies of electronic copyright materials, as a federal crime(Bernstein 325). Some of the copyrighted electronic materials which were meant to be protected by the NET act are movies, songs, games, movies and software applications or programs. This Act facilitated prosecution even in situations ...

- In the case “Fraunhofer and MP3” case (Opening case, Chapter 9, Schiller, 2013), what industry conditions lead to the revolution in audio distribution described in the case? Which stakeholders stand to benefit most (or least) from this revolution? The innovative culture of technology is one element that cannot be controlled when it comes to its manner of embracing the concept of progress. It could be realized that through the different advancements in technology, the manner of creating and distributing music has changed through time. Among such developments include the creation of several music files into particular formats ...

ITunes Music Store Analysis

ITunes music store is a one-stop online shop for digital contents consist of music, apps, movies and, electronic publications. The store is a division of Apple Inc. business focusing on providing contents for Apple-native devices. Consumers can purchase and download either individual tracks or complete albums from the artists of different genres. Unlike other online distribution shops, iTunes is not a subscription service or a stand-alone website, it is an entire application that is normally integrated in the operating systems and it is downloadable from the Apple store’s website. Albums cost between $7.99 and $12.99 but the majority costs 9.99 while all ...

Introduction

Music disparity is the literal difference in music based on various grounds such as social and geographical background of the music, its producer and listeners, the genre of the music, age factor and the social class associated with the music industry. Music serves many purposes in the society today, and it is because of these disparities that people tend to classify music according to the suit to its fans and lovers. Equally, different genres of music have risen today in the music industry that tends to identify and create its own group of followers. Everyone likes music but one ...

Death Penalty

DEATH PENALTY 2 Abstract The main aim of this research is to depict history of the death penalty from its evolution and to show the role of it nowadays. A comparison of old and modern methods of execution reveals the movement to human and democratic world. The ancient death penalty can be characterized as one of the most cruel and varvarous methods. The execution in the Middle ages is also inhuman. Today, the society undergones transformation and develops of painless means of execution. Specifically, this paper considers such kinds of execution as burning alive, decapitation, hanging, boiling ...

Music industry has significantly been transformed over time. The primary change of these transformations has been technology that has impacted on the entire music making processes from finding artist to music distribution. Arguably, advances in technology have a profound impact on all aspect of popular music today. Notably, there are five aspects to, technological impacts on popular music. There are several strong arguments as to whether advancement of online media distribution which is the issue under discussing in this essay has been pivotal in the music industry. In the course of development of popular music, advanced technologies have given way ...

Introduction

Video-on-Demand (VOD) is essentially a system that allows the consumers to select and watch video content or TV shows on demand. This is a modern video streaming technology where internet downloading merges with pay-per-view programming. Netflix is an online subscription-based Digital Video Disk (DVD) rental company. Reed Hastings established this company with a vision to offer a home movie service, which would essentially do a better job satisfying the clients than the old-style retail rental model (Lüsted, 6). The company entered the movie industry with a disruptive technology of providing online video rental whereas the incumbent competitors such as Blockbuster were providing retail ...

Questions on the Journalist Interview “The Computer Bug”

⑴ How do you tell that this top IT thief has a big ego from the journalist’s opening remarks? The ego of the IT chief is revealed from his demeaning description of a government. He explains that what a person gets from working for the government is “chicken feed”. The IT chief justifies his decision of not specializing. The top IT thief thinks highly of himself. He says that it costs one hundred Yuan to get his services for an hour. He says that other people cannot break a program code even if given Ten thousand hours yet he could do it. ...

Question 1

The difference in the world can be made by the individuals in the world and hence the individuals are the ones in a position to change the direction of history. In the US there several most influential people who brought great change to the United States. Influential people are individuals who have the power to mobilize people to do something of their interest or to move towards a certain direction. These individuals had different roles and contributed in building the states in many ways. I will highlight on the three whom I think have a great significance in the history of the ...

Abstract 3

Introduction 3 Ethical Issues in Information Technology 4 Ethical Case Study in IT 5 IT Laws 6 Cultural Differences in the Use of IT 7 Conclusion 8

Abstract

People continuously thrive in making their lives easier; thereby inventing different kinds of technology to suffice what is needed for different kinds of human work. The Internet emerges as the greatest invention yet in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as it transcends the barriers of communication. However, ethical issues arise in its use, one of which is seen in the rampant inequality in the access of cyberspace ...

Educational Institution

Correspondence concerning this paper should be addressed to Student Name, Introduction Pirated software is on the rise. With the introduction of the internet and the various technological advances, it is even easier for individuals to illegally copy and use unlicensed software. The Business Software Alliance (BSA) defines software piracy as an “intentional act of an individual or organization to obtain software through illegal means” (BSA, 2014). Pirated software may include copied DVD’s, downloaded materials from the internet, and software installed on multiple computers that was only registered for a single use. All of these acts constitute piracy ...

Arunabha Banerjee

Senior Associate, Corporate & Compliance Solutions, Thomson Reuters Abstract Advancing technology has hit the entertainment industry really hard, as music and video files are transferred between computers at the speed of current. Peer to peer downloads have become the norm of this information age and are threatening to take over the copyright regime which has customarily secured the economic rights of artists and producers in equal measure. This article examines the developments in copyright law in its fights against piracy and suggests the possible way forward to restore parity. Keywords: Copyright, Peer to peer, P2P, piracy, audio, ...

Introduction

The Internet is known for its vast access to information. However, not all kinds of information are suitable for viewing and reading by all kinds of audiences. Content containing such information tend to offend the beliefs and disturb the impressions of users. Thus, it has become a practice by website owners and web administrators alike to conceal specific kinds of information, explained or unexplained, in a move currently known as censorship. Censorship, however, is not a viable means of preventing websites from offending and disturbing users, as such could result to the misrepresentation of information that can be deceiving to them. Given ...

Introduction

The tag dangerous good from China is a term used to refer to the inferior and counterfeit goods that have become dominant in world trade. The issue of counterfeit good has become a global crisis in the recent years. Based on the Counterfeiting Intelligence Bureau (CIB) study, it is realized that, counterfeit products account for up to 7% of World trade. Even though, the percentages cannot be substantiated due to the secretive nature of this market, the figures are expected to rise by 2015 worldwide. Despite the war against counterfeiting, the pirated products could rise to USD 200 billion in the ...

Similar to other innovations such as an airplane, electricity, and the automobile, film emerged in the global market at the same time. Film industries appeared to be the first type of industrialized mass-entertainment, which has become pervasive. The industries have experienced a quality race that has led to increasing industrial concentration. The evolution of the movie industry may give an insight into technological changes as well as its associated welfare gains in many service industries to come. It is clear that the filmmaking are simply adapting and shifting to two polar points. The industries are trying to improve sensorial experience ...

Introduction

Spotify is a music provider company that provides music online. The users need to register to Spotify either by connecting it through facebook or by registering their e-mail id. There is a vast choice of music available that can be streamed to computer of any smart gadget in minutes. All the tracks are legally available and the music that is unauthorized to be broadcasted in a particular geographical region, it is eliminated through Digital Rights Management (DRM). The users can choose free tier or a Premium tier by paying around £3.19 and get music advertisement free and at a higher bit rate. The users ...

Music piracy is a widespread problem in the music industry. There are many people who download music from the internet for free. Piracy is all over the world; everywhere there is internet access. There is a majority of people who carry the understanding that piracy is not equal to stealing because those who pirate are not taking what the record owners have (Hardy 1). The pirates blame high prices of the legal music files as the reason they have to pirate. The majority argue that they cannot afford to pay while some are just not willing to pay the cost of ...

Security studies approaches have evolved over time in the international arena. In the globe currently, there are major driving forces that influence the advancement of global security studies. The reasons cited for this change include deep power politics, technological innovation and crucial events in the international security arena. Moreover, other reasons include institutionalization, local dynamics of intellectual deliberations. It is of immense significance to discover which forces are of massive significance that makes the decision in denoting a security incident. (Mukherjee, 2013). Core factors like realism and liberalism also feature prominently in the discourse of regionalization of security matters in ...

Global Force of Good: The United States of America

Since the end of the Second World War and the Cold War, the United States has often been regarded as the world’s most powerful nation today. In the political, economic and social sector, the country often served as the leader of the international community while some saw the country as a role model for change and democracy. However, in times of conflict and disasters, the United States is one of the first few who would respond and send in the US military to help nations in need. Critics may find this action by the United States questionable considering the ...

Issues of ethics

Introduction Contemporary society has started using information technology and the breakthrough in information technology has also spurred several dilemmas and ethical issues. However, technology itself cannot be blamed for being the single most factor leading to the creation of ethical failures. The capability of information technology to enhance both mental and physical powers of individuals has rather led to immoral activities. The basic opinion on technology is that it is a system or a tool which facilitates human beings in attaining their objectives. On the basis of this opinion, the ontological presupposition is that social and technical are different ...

1. Explain how the Internet has aided criminal activity. Internet crime is any crime or ill-gotten on-line activity committed on the web, through the web or exploitation the web. The widespread web crime development encompasses multiple world levels of legislation and oversight. within the difficult and ceaselessly ever-changing IT field, security consultants ar committed to combating web crime through preventative technologies, like intrusion detection networks and packet sniffers. Internet crime could be a sturdy branch of law-breaking. fraud, web scams and cyberstalking ar the first varieties of web crime. as a result of web crimes sometimes have interaction folks from ...

Abstract

In many businesses, these days, there is use of technology in information sharing, advertisements, banking services and purchasing among others. The use of cyberspace is exponentially increasing; thus criminal activities are likewise exponentially on the rise. The major explanation for the rise in cyber threats is the fact that since the world web is intercepted, various web applications are getting popularity for data sharing as well as data storing regardless of the user. As time passes these web applications became more complex as a result of the increase in their faults in design. This creates a situation where surfing on the ...

The transport industry has been aware of security and safety issues for a long time. However, a recent resurgence in terrorist activity and piracy has prompted the industry to be more alert to security. Security threats manifest mostly in the form of terrorist activity, theft, and (organized) crime. The effects of this insecurity are far-reaching as they can cause the spread of pandemics, destabilize and economy, or facilitate the growth and power of a terrorist group. Security threat to transportation could also cause serious environmental damage if the cargo was, for example, a potent industrial chemical or radioactive material. Piracy off the shores ...

As the technology takes root in the society, it is becoming hard for the intellectuals to protect their products from online injustices. One attempt to tame these vices have been to bring in board the Internet Service Providers (IPSs) to board under the international copyright legislation to limit the pirate activates. Legal action has been taken as a remedy to this problem to the IPSs who fails to corporate with this legislation. Australia is a leading nation in the online piracy activities with over 11.6 % of illegal downloads of the season four of Game of Thrones movie that has just ...

Introduction

The world has witnessed the existence of food riot over the years. The most recent was the food global crisis that occurred sometime between 2007 and 2008 and affected some 22 countries and caused drastic changes worldwide. The cause that was cited with the incident was that the population growth had outpaced the food production both in a worldwide scale. However, economists have cited diverse causes of the food crisis particularly in pricing. The public only paid attention to the issue when the media highlighted the riot on food production and acquirement but the crisis is already working long time ...

Part 1

1. Why was control of the region important to the British and French? The original purpose of the British in controlling the Persian Gulf coast was to protect its strategic sea route to its empire in India. The safety of the region and the coast from piracy and other forms of conflicts, including conflicts between and among sheikdoms, jeopardized the free flow of trade in the region. To ensure the free flow of trade by freeing vital sea routes from piracy and conflicts, the British entered into a treaty with the sheikdoms in the Persian Gulf outlawing war within ...

Introduction

The key challenges that come up after an authentic performance is turned into a mediated one to maintain a critical distance is a limitation that hides the article`s art. Sometimes the originality is important to bring out the good art aspect this will act like a conduit between the article and those that are watching. The aesthetic distance can be the reason for the spectator`s critic of the article. The cases that are to be mediated are those that are evaluated by reason. The can voice out the reasons and amplify the qualification of the artist, with unique privileged insight (Vivian, ...

English

I. Introduction The topic that I have chosen to study is about the future of publishing, specifically, concerning the sustainability of printed books. Because information and communication technology is constantly changing, the way Americans access traditional and electronic resources are evolving, too. According to the Consumer Electronics Association, electronic gadget ownership reaches new high where 44% of American online consumers own a tablet and 32% of them have an e-reader. A growing number of people prefer eBooks because of the many advantages that it offers as compared to the traditional printed books. Nevertheless, I will argue in this paper ...

Book Review

The book discusses the impact of centralization and decentralization of organizations. The authors show that while the lack of a leader may represent chaos, the lack of a traditional leader may be a good way for the organization to survive since there is no specific leader that the rivals can target in order to destroy the organization. The story of the Apache community is used to demonstrate the strength that exists in a decentralized organization. The Apache community was able to defeat the Spanish army because it did not have a centralized leadership. In the same manner, when MGM, a giant in the production industry, ...

D.Y.H. Williams, Vice President of Internal Development 31 East River Street, Suite 604

Chicago, IL 60602

Dear Ms. Williams, As requested to in regards to the presentation of a globalization proposal, I am pleased to present to you my research on the effects of globalization on Wal-Mart. I believe that globalization has become a plausible aspect that has re-shaped the business frontier of most businesses. Most specifically, Wal-Mart has enjoyed a remarkable business environment enhanced by globalization. Through globalization, Wal-Mart has sustained effective growth and ventures into various markets. However, it is imperative to note that majority of research undertaken has relied mainly ...

Business

The Walt Disney Company was established in the year 1923. For the last eight decades, the company had been known as the founder of quality family entertainment. Its humble beginnings can be traced back as a small cartoon studio which was able to transform itself to become one of the biggest global corporations of today. The company was able to maintain its goal of providing exceptional entertainment experiences of quality creative content and remarkable storytelling for its viewers.

The Secret behind the Success of Walt Disney

The secret behind the continued success of Walt Disney Company can be attributed to its expanded cable networks operations that enjoy significant ...

Literature

In Chapter 6, Kendal sets sail through the Gulf of Aden, which is notoriously known for pirate attacks. Being the start of the monsoon, Kendal, which could also be targeted by the pirates, seems to be in comfortable waters, as the high seas dissuades pirates on small boats from venturing into the sea. During the journey, George recollects that there were reports that there were attacks on Yemeni ships and an oil tanker in the past few weeks, and that they were repelled only because these ships had armed guards. The Kendal unfortunately, doesn’t allow armed guards aboard ...

Introduction

The internet has affected many industries with the ease of access to information and the enhancement of communication channels. The media has also been affected by the internet. With the ease of getting information from the internet, the media content is becoming easy to get. One of the disadvantages that the internet has brought to the media industry is the piracy which has been made more profound with the use of this new technology. The internet has become a medium through which media content can be accessed and abused. This is becoming an issue to the content producers. The artists ...

Recent Changes in Laws Regulating Music Industry and Its Impact on the Industry Players

The music industry in the USA is undergoing rapid changes currently. These changes are mainly being influenced by development and application of technology in the Music Industry. As a result, laws governing the music industry have to change in order to accommodate these changes. This paper examines the new regulations with a view to elaborating their effects on the players in the industry. The paper concludes with predictions of the likely developments in these laws in future and the subsequent effects on the players. The DMCA directly brings the US copyright law into the domain of the World Intellectual Property ...