Anti-Hero Essay

When you think of anti-war movements and pacifism during the Vietnam War, you typically think of peace, love, and hippies. However, there was so much more to the movement, and it impacted an abundance of lives. Even though there were people who opposed the war, there were a few that supported the government, and the reasoning for the United States involvement in this conflict. However, many people viewed the Vietnam War in negative ways, which lead them to execute acts that made a huge statement

The Surrealist Movement World War 1 was a gruesome point in history that led to immense carnage and anguish of millions. However, on a happier note, this dark time was followed by movements such as Cubism, Precisionism, and Expressionism. Among these movements existed Surrealism, a movement that would not have come to be without the influence of “the war to end all wars”. During World War 1 at the city of Nantes one would find a man named André Breton (Sandrow). André Breton, born in 1896, is regarded

In the song entitled “Note to Self,” rap artist Jermaine “J. Cole” Cole goes on a 10-minute rant that he consider to be his credits for his album 2014 Forest Hills Drive. In the rant he state that, in a more explicit terms, how he feels that the process that goes into sampling music from another artist music is way too difficult. In his opinion artist should be free to sample any artist they want as long as they properly compensate them. In his words: “You was inspired by the world; allow the

At its inception, modernist art was shocking and evocative to the traditional “academic exceptions of artwork.” Unlike much of the artwork that came before, modernist paintings sought to engage the audience for the first time and inspired new ideas. This form of art was critical of society and represented a new pathway for artists to explore their intellect and creativity. Artists broke the “norms” of what was not allowed previously in art. In the past, traditional academic expectations for

Napster was developed by a Northeastern university student named Shawn Fanning and launched in 1999. Its development made peer-to peer (P2P) sharing of MP3 files easy and accessible to the masses. Fanning’s development caused a burst in the popularity of music - file sharing. It became so popular, that almost overnight millions of people were downloading and uploading files. Napster’s system allowed music files from one users hard drive to be copied by another Napster users. Napster users would

Pirates of the Music Industry The way consumers have shaped recorded music has always had an impact on the record industry. In the history of recorded music, we have witnessed a great deal of technological change. Although opinions may vary, we can reasonably assume that the way we consume music has consistently increased and evolved since the invention of the first phonograph. While previous generations focused on format and standards, in the early 21st century we saw a great upset in not how we

Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, claiming that Eric Faden has broken any laws pertaining to copyright is downright ludicrous. I think all of us here know what Fair Use is but as a refresher it’s any copying of a copyrighted material done for a limited and transformative purpose. Those purposes can be for critical commentary, educational purposes, parody or satire, purpose of archiving materials, using to trigger discussion, personal reportage or diary, and pastiche or collage. Does a video telling

the internet, find a picture of Duchamp’s “The Fountain.” What do you think of this in terms of being art? A man by the name of Marcel Duchamp came to the United States due to his creation of the "Fountain". The art piece had become an anti-rational, anti-art cultural movement in New York. He purchased the fountain from J. L. Molt Iron Works and brought it to his studio re-orientating it 90° from its original position of use and wrote on it, "R. Mutt

The Creative Commons by Lawrence Lessig discusses how freedom to create has drastically changed ever since its origin. I think this was the most interesting article I have read about copyright. Lessig discusses the era of creativity and freedom of using one’s work to create and imagine something completely knew. The author uses Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, and comics examples to address his views regarding how the art of creativity and freedom has changed upon the era of digital media. How technology

Professor Faden is a film/media teacher at Bucknell University in Lewisburg Pennsylvania. He received his PhD. while in Florida. Now in addition to teaching he makes some films and writes papers on film and media. When doing these things he would have to have a good understanding of copyright laws so as not to break them when creating works. Faden demonstrates this knowledge when making the “A Fair(y) Use Tale”, by not committing copyright infringement on Disney Studios. Walt Disney Studios are