... would have imagined over 70 million people would actively trade these digital MP3 files (Roy 1). Combined with the Internet, MP3s have become the easiest and most popular way to distribute music. This new digital compression format isn't just for tech-savvy teens. Although MP3 trading started at college campuses, the technology has broadened its horizons. The majority of Internet users ... ignore the basic design of the Internet, which is persistently opposed to commercial forms and functions (Negativland 13). In order to exploit the Internet to its fullest potential, the commercial musi...

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... and add interest to our lives, so it is little wonder that we are willing to pay to listen to our favourite songs and that the music industry is one of the largest entertainment industries. In contrast, the Internet is a developing tool and resource we have only been familiar with for ... artist providing the means for people to broaden their musical horizons. It provides people who live in remote places a change to actually purchase music from a virtual music community and also the opportunity for all people to listen to a song before the decision to purchase it. The Internet is especia...

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... (RIAA). These are the people responsible for encouraging mostly high school and college students that MP3 piracy is illegal and morally wrong. They barricade the web sites that distribute copyrighted music and push for legislation banning the use of MP3 devices and distribution programs. Since 1998, when they first sued Diamond Multimedia for their manufacture of the Rio MP3 player, the ... preaches copyright infringement and has pursued a dozen court battles. They have even begun to influence universities with their so-called Soundbyting campaign, which aims to persuade students not to...

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... . People who produce intellectual property and the ones that benefit from it are currently discussing the implications this can have on the online music in the future. There are several main sides to the problem. There are huge corporations that deal with copyright infringement and push litigation ... recognition. The concern in the situation remains the profit. There are two categories of intellectual property. The first one is composed of writing, music, and films, which are covered by copyright. Inventions and innovations are covered by patent. These two categories have covered for ye...

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... politicians scrambling for a scapegoat. What the politicians found was the entertainment industry: violent movies, the Internet, videogames, and, of course, Rock Music. A poll taken after the incident showed that 80% of Americans felt that the Internet bore some of the responsibility, and that 46% though ... such behavior, but musical whitewashing has led to convenient memory lapses when it comes to such unflattering details."" (Nuzum 140). Drug-influenced music is not what bothers most anti-rock crusaders, though. They primarily target the lyrics, often times disregarding whether or no...

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... of small record companies were kept, despite having been bought out by major companies. Ultimately, the three major record companies marketed using a similar strategy of targeting all genres of music, diversifying their investments and securing valuable shelf-space, making it extremely difficult to find a point of entry into the marketplace. • Mergers and acquisitions Strategic mergers and acquisitions made ... it possible for the "majors" to maintain dominance within the recording industry. By 1999, 85% of global market for recorded music was owned by the "majors" (BMG, EMI, Sony, Wa...

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... phones, PDAs, advanced  calculators, etc. Audio Recording and Reproduction Sound recording and reproduction is the electrical or mechanical re-creation and/or amplification of sound, often as music. This involves the use of audio equipment such as microphones, recording devices and loudspeakers. From early beginnings with the invention of the  phonograph  using purely mechanical techniques, ... used for various purposes - Advocacy: for business and social concerns. This can include  advertising, marketing, propaganda, public relations, and political communications. - Entertainm...

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... to pursue a college degree. Most students their first year of college tend to live in a dorm, and have to adapt to a new social structure. Music, a universal language, is a way for people to meet each other through the exploration of different types. A band or artist that one individual listens too, ... students. By taking a closer look at these points and Merton's theory on deviance one can become aware of why someone would participate in online music trading. Change in a social atmosphere can make someone participate in something regardless if the act is deviant or not. Social structu...

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... represents a culture where individuals want to be noticed and find an easy route to creating meaning and value for their own life. In music it is evident that many artists cover tracks from the past and commonly use samples until it is hard to know exactly when and by ... whom the song was originally released. When Hip Hop and Rap music came to the fore in the early 80s the artists were rapping about guns, drugs and ghetto life while most of their listeners were ... ) I have spoken about other forms of multimedia in this essay because the computer and Internet allow the liberation of tra...

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... a range of information combined with text, sound and images. According to Flew, T, it (World Wide Web) allowed for the display of colourful pictures, music and audio as well as data and text, and introduced multimedia capability to the Internet (2002, pp.14). Also, Flew, T also mentioned that the ... radio's shift from mass-audience to specialized programming. Today, over 12,000 radio stations use dozen of different formats, from hard rock to classical music (2000, pp. 103). The results of the researches indicate that the audiences have different purpose in accessing different media. Int...

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... companies are spending billions to entice consumers to their product. The second big case involves the American music industry's big battle against the phenomenon of MP3 music. A conglomerate consisting of Sony, Philips, EMG, EPIC, MCA and other record companies have tried to prevent MP3-based music from proliferating over the Web.MP3, because of its easily transferable format and high quality, poses a serious ... threat to the sale of conventional music albums. Conclusion Electronic commerce transactions are increasing every day. The legal structure should change as electronic commerce...

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... of information sharing, as sharing untrue information is not valued. An example of the Internet being unenforceable is the recent legislation relating to the enforcement of copyrighting laws in the music industry. Peer to peer and other file sharing applications provide users with the chance to share files. This is commonly done with ... music files. The results of this are that people are less likely to buy a CD if they can download the music for free. Thus artists are being robbed of royalties etc. One common program used for such purposes was Napster, until ... it was finally ordere...

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... leading international media companies employing approximately 82000 people in 60 countries. Its main fields of business are divided into the following three areas: - Content: Random House (publishing house), BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group), Gruner+Jahr (Newspapers and magazines), RTL Group (TV, film, and radio), and BertelsmannSpringer (academic literature) - Media Services: Arvato (includes printing, services, and IT) - Retail ... Business: DirectGroup Bertelsmann (clubs for books and music) and Bertelsmann eCommerce Group (BeCG) Gerd Schulte-Hillen is currently president of the company's...

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... forbidden words and phrases- such as those involving racism, or the name of a boss. Suspicious messages would then be forwarded to a supervisor for review. Changes in the delivery of books, music and television were extending these technologies of surveillance beyond the office (www.britannica.com) In 2000 Amazon.com created controversy when they changed their privacy policy without warning. They announced ... be connected with a persons name and e-mail address when he registers on-line for merchandise or service. One of the most popular Internet music players, RealJukebox was recognize...

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... forbidden words and phrases- such as those involving racism, or the name of a boss. Suspicious messages would then be forwarded to a supervisor for review. ?Changes in the delivery of books, music and television were extending these technologies of surveillance beyond the office?? (www.britannica.com) In 2000 Amazon.com created controversy when they changed their privacy policy without warning. They announced ... be connected with a person's name and e-mail address when he registers on-line for merchandise or service. One of the most popular Internet music players, RealJukebox was recog...

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... dominate their indigenous cultures. Singapore wants its MTV, for example, but only in a culturally suitable form. And MTV aims to comply by providing "cleaner" music videos, as well as interspersing mainly American music with a mix of Asian popular music and culture. China, while soaking up new technology like a sponge, is also attempting to control the flow of content over the Internet (having already ... ...

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... address in her medulla. It connects me to you, and NY to Hong Kong. Now, American culture makes its way to other cultures through media elements like movies news and music. Nevertheless, what is projected through Western consumerism and therefore through the inherent mechanisms of the Internet is of course, cultural stereotypes. What American politics brought to the world in 1996 ... by way of the telecommunications act was that America's corporations may not monopolize the internet, as is the case with the news, music and, film. The internet as an entity is not like radio or TV waves- ...

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... your DivX/AVI/ASF/WMV software to DivX Digest DVD Rippers- available on DVD Digest Video compression technology is taking a page from the MP3 revolution in which support for the music file standard gathered in peer-to-peer communities and electronics manufacturers later built compatible devices. Already about 3 million U.S. households swap files of movies and TV shows in file-sharing communities ... . About a third of those people downloading video files burn them onto a CD or DVD. Studio executives fear that the Internet will affect the video business just like it has the music business...

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... friends and family by using e-mail, or instant messenger while others love the large amounts of information they can get on a moment's notice like watching watch movies, or listening to music or even the excitement of playing a web based games like World of Warcraft. However, it is possible that many internet users tend to share several things in common as they ... that the majority of the issues are people not installing the proper security programs on their computer systems for an example the new Cloud storage, a virtual space to store pictures, music and an assortment of files which ...

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... . Reporters Alex Pham and David Sarno for the Los Angeles Times, created a series of writings on evolution of electronic books. Pham and Sarno describe, "If the upheaval in the music industry over the last decade is any guide, the closing of more bookstores and a decreasing demand for physical books will force authors and their publishers to find new ways to ... leading issues similarly to the great Napster lawsuit which was led by Lars Ulrich of the band Metallica, which filed a lawsuit against Napster in 2000. Napster offered peer to peer music file sharing at no cost between internet ...

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... of big business directed towards children and young adolescents. Playing a large role in the attraction of media entertainment has been the use of violence on television, video game systems, the music world, and the Internet. However, there has been a growing consensus that the continuum of media violence exposure to our domestic and cultural environment has lead to a radically changed violent society ... the media. For instance, the imitation of violence from television shows like the former World Wrestling Federation, the mal-language used in Comedy Central's South Park, and the depic...

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... ." The full-body computer Artists like Brian Eno are experimenting with multimedia and interactivity on the Internet, and Eno even suggested a kind of interactive "black box" music system for users to make their own music based on the artist's style and personality. Artists like Eno are restless for change, and their dissatisfaction with the way things are now drives them to innovate ... ...

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... it only a certain number of times, or within a specific time interval before it expires, or you can't print it. In the wake of Napster and the declining music CD sales, several publishers have launched online music distribution services. For a certain fee, you can download a certain number of songs from the available catalogue. You can only listen to a song for a designated period of ... ...

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... ; – This statement from the article Internet Regulations by Marcia Clemmitt show small understanding of content on the internet. The Internet is filled with many different type of material from music, to videos, movies, and documents. The government can't tell the difference between a user's crated film and a film that is published by a company. If the user wanted to freely distribute his ... ...

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... designs things and this brings about peoples different interest in things, which results in a diverse community. According to Webster games promote community because, "Games tell us stories, offer us music, give us challenges, allow us to communicate and interact with others, encourages us to make and invent things, connects us to new communities, and lets us play." (608) Games help ... ...

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