2007.
While half of the public agrees that file-sharing is morally wrong on contrary, after Fanning (creator of Napster) was brought to court, he was given offers to endorse products or make appearances; people regarded him as a hero.
The Media itself initiated its biggest acceptance to the public by publishing Napster alternatives to the public thereafter.
People are living too much in the comfort of free loading and are unwilling to step out of it.
In file-sharing networks certain people mislabel files to spread child pornography; these networks become platforms for crime. There have been efforts to shame the file-swappers by the members of the public however no effort to track or catch them.
There is ignorance displayed all around the world. Like an economic policy, no one is taking this seriously or willing to go through extents. It has become so common that more people are falling into the trap of file-sharing no one has actually tried to alert the people.
Often in tight-knit groups people forgo copyright laws since these laws are difficult to enforce.
Nevertheless, file-sharing has forgone those laws in such a huge scale it deprives control of distribution of material by producers, governments have made laws, imposed fines yet it is still at large.
In Singapore, Honour Intellectual Property Alliance10 only emphasizes on the copyright basis, such efforts are shown as ineffective.
There is technology backlash, the advancement in technology has caused the negative slopping growth of the music industry. However it is as much as a social issue as a technological one. Since efforts made by governments are often alike and ineffective instead, they ought to adopt a different concept, attempting to alter people’s perspectives of file-sharing but also providing a solution for a greater impact.
File sharers looked more like altruists than thieves and do not rightfully deserve the scorn that is reserved for those who sold knock-off CDs on street corners.
This technological shift was a necessary, but not a sufficient, condition for the norm shift that followed.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
The Charismatic Data Code
Well I'm not in the mood to blog now but here's something I did long long ago.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
NOT The Generation Spokesmodel
Nothing new ever really gets out, trends often repeat itself and as you can see "vintage" is always in (I am totally one of them though).
Anyway I heard this emo kid today talking about RadioHead, "I found this new band. It's damn good, it's like I can relate to their songs very well."
Well if you knew RadioHead during your childhood I totally have the same sentiments as you do.
I would like to clarify that the maudlin music of the University students in the 90s, albeit crudely called complaint rock is not emo rock.
Argh.
Anyway I heard this emo kid today talking about RadioHead, "I found this new band. It's damn good, it's like I can relate to their songs very well."
Well if you knew RadioHead during your childhood I totally have the same sentiments as you do.
I would like to clarify that the maudlin music of the University students in the 90s, albeit crudely called complaint rock is not emo rock.
Argh.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Cullen
Twilight is a young adult vampire novel written by author Stephenie Meyer, originally published in hard cover in 2005. It is the genesis of the Twilight series, and introduces seventeen-year-old Isabella "Bella" Swan who moves from Phoenix, Arizona to Forks, Washington and finds her life in danger when she falls in love with a vampire, Edward Cullen.
I mean it sounds like a mediocre storyline, I never liked stories of Vampires considering that you always seemed to get the same drift unless of course it was inspired by history.
However I was intrigued by this novel, the story was still mediocre but the character development was timeless.
The dialogues and scenes gave so many ways to explore the character.
It could use some titillating scenes though because frankly, every good love story should have some erotic essence in it.
Honestly the novel made me want to fall in love again, well it convinced me that maybe I should try a vampire too.
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I finished Twilight in 2 days, I borrowed it from Jeannette or rather had it shoved into me after my bestfriend kept insisting that it was an amazing book for the whole time she was at my place last week.I mean it sounds like a mediocre storyline, I never liked stories of Vampires considering that you always seemed to get the same drift unless of course it was inspired by history.
However I was intrigued by this novel, the story was still mediocre but the character development was timeless.
The dialogues and scenes gave so many ways to explore the character.
It could use some titillating scenes though because frankly, every good love story should have some erotic essence in it.
Honestly the novel made me want to fall in love again, well it convinced me that maybe I should try a vampire too.
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