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77905 Spring 2016 Assessment 2 Code of Conduct Problem Introduction. The Professional Standards Board for Patent and Trademark Attorneys (PSB) has received a complaint against Michael Masri (Masri) and Julie Chun (Chun). The background to this complaint will be detailed further from paragraphs 5 to 15. The PSB is to decide if disciplinary proceedings need to be taken against Masri & Chun before the Patents and Trade Marks Disciplinary Tribunal (PTMDT). The professional conduct of Masri and Chen

While few people may argue that downloading music from the internet should not be illegal, many others realize that it is clearly an act of theft to steal the work of others. The amount of the music being illegally downloaded has risen tremendously over the years causing music industries worldwide to cripple and disappear. As many may say that downloading music illegally is not harmful in any way, they are imperceptive to the fact that it is causing a large amount of decreasing revenue. As Marielena

As media continues to evolve copyright and distribution become a major concern. In todays digital age it had become easier to download and distribute media. Many individuals have continued to evaluate whether or not punishments for media piracy are harsh enough. This essay will discuss the strengths and weakness of allowing the punishment to stay the same for media piracy. It will also demonstrate why increasing the punishment will have a negative effect on society. As music and films become more

One of the larger aspects of most up and coming musicians' careers is having enough money to produce more music for their fans. And, although music streaming sites such as Spotify and Pandora do pay artists when people listen to their songs, the payout is often not worth the effort. "When I say the amount paid per stream of a song is low, I mean it is low (McIntyre). These low payments are what is slowly devaluing the effort of small-time artists that want to find success but just cannot seem

I. Introduction Technology and its constant advancements have integrated itself into every aspect of our world. Music has now become a place for the facilitation of experiences through technology in our society. However, the monetization of music through technology has created a far more difficult experience for the fans of music in all genres. In reference to technology, the term streaming is defined as “playing continuously as data is sent to a computer over the Internet”, (Webster). The internet

Raising the Bar of Ethics A Christian bookshop was involved in the rocket of selling pirated CDs and DVDs at a lesser price to attract customers. This shop would price them at 30% of the cost of the genuine ones. In another instant, a Christian publisher breached the agreement and printed more than permitted quantity and there was no response to the query from the copyright owner. Obviously, the ease of doing things and getting bigger revenue had driven these two cases too far from ethics. Such

For people my age, a very large population including myself enjoy hip-hop/rap. From 2014 to present day, rap has been very popular for young people and teenagers and for people my age, this is their prime teen years and the time where music is listened to most in their lives. Rappers have a very big following on social media of people my age in the present clay, and there they promote their music on popular streaming services such as Spotify, Tidal and AppliMusic. All of these are subscription music

The world has gone from radios and CDs to downloading and streaming music. It is so simple now for someone to hear a song they like, look it up and install it, weather it's on an app such as Spotify, YouTube or the App Store. Although it is a luxury for the costumers we must also consider what it is doing to the artist career. The issue for the artist is the payments-per-stream of a song are much lower than what an artist would receive from a download. That's not fair for the hard working artist

Q4 Stop the Pirates 7. Be Legal & Fair Q3 Comic 7.Q4 Script for the animated video below Introduction Your goal is to stop the pirates (aarrgh). No not those pirates. You will be creating a poster discouraging others from illegally downloading and reproducing content from the Internet (pirating). Your poster should have a clear message. Remember, copying copy protected music, movies, and games is stealing and it is harmful to the creative artists, musicians, developers and others involved in

Tiffany Arvelo Brian Wheeler RTV 100 Shawn Fanning and the Lasting Impact of Napster “Back when I was a teenager, we would have to buy an entire album just to have one song,” Brittni’s father explained, to her utter disbelief. Brittni shook her head, thinking of the thousands of songs in her iTunes library, and she wondered how people could afford to buy dozens of albums just for a handful of favorite singles. Buying music over the internet may seem commonplace today, but in the 1990’s, audio on