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iPod And iTunes; the Potential Impact of Microsoft's Zune

Microsoft with the launch of Zune, or has Apple learned its lessons and will it be able to retain the dominant position. With th...

“Keeping Promises: What Is Sovereignty and Other Questions About Indian Country”

the United States, the problems facing Native Americans remained essentially be the same but instead of dealing with a European ba...

The Humanities

is all very fine, but why bother to study him when we could be learning computers? Because studying the humanities gives us insigh...

Mainstream America and Being African American

suburbia ideal, even though they were raised in that setting. For the African American it may be different for they may have been ...

First Amendment & Tort Law, UK & US

law began with the injustices incurred by the public due to the Industrial Revolution (France, Woeller and Mandel, 2005). Until 19...

Medieval Christianity: Music and Sculptures

liturgy provided innumerable texts, all set to music in the style we call Gregorian chant. The church served as an important patro...

Franklin, Emerson and Whitman

means, in turn, there "are no Prisons, no Officers to compel Obedience, or inflict Punishment. Hence they generally study Oratory,...

Napster

change was to move the company away from the free format to one where there was a fixed fee subscription. This reduced the number ...

Satire, Animation & The Simpsons

willing to "deflate our most over-inflated pieties" and delight in the "demolition of our most hallowed institutions" (Turner 50)....

The Clean Slate

be seen as lacking this soul. However, their lack of exposure to the great works and ideas also means that when they are exposed t...

Complying With Japanese Labor Laws

comply with U.S. labor laws, including the EEOC, no matter where their operations are but they must also comply with local laws an...

Music Industry Survival and Development

they actually have taken the time to learn how to play a musical instrument. One can see why the music industry is important. Peop...

Modern Music Industry and Subcultures

The idea of resistance through the use of ritual is a paradigm that emerged from early works of the Birmingham School and would ga...

Twentieth Century Immigration in America

Spanish-language rhetoric on the radio and in the cafes" (29). In addition to conveying the flavor of Latin-American life, Tobar ...

3 Questions on International Tax Issues

magnet for US corporations as they do not have to physically move to the island to gain the advantages. Bermuda has much lower tax...

The American Dream

and then sued the "bad" trusts that essentially took advantage of small businesses and the people (Jensen, 2007). One of these "ba...

The Financing of Opera in London in the 1730’s

leading up to it. Heideggers Italian opera company had failed in 1717 due to its inability to control costs and the failur...

DOWNLOADING MUSIC -- FOR FREE

The group, in fact, leaked its song, "The Shepherds Dog" via a CD advance which was sent to a magazine for review (Eskenazi, 2007)...

Thoughts on Music and Worship

This essay pertains to the debate in Christian churches over what sort of music should be played during services, traditional hymn...

Teen Obesity

This research paper pertains to data on the prevalence of obesity among American adolescents. This information reveals that it is ...

Baroque Music, An Overview

This essay presents an overview of the Baroque musical era. The writer talks about the features of the music, defines certain musi...

Colonialism

This essay/research paper, first of all, defines colonialism and discusses how it can be differentiated from imperialism. Then, t...

Pidgins and Creoles, Origins, Features

This research paper/essay discusses how pidgin and Creole languages develop, emphasizing the influence that African Americans have...

Beauty of Byzantine Music

This paper is comprised of two sections. The first section is an annotated bibliography, which describes the source material that ...

When Are Your Creations Yours

Copyright laws have been in force for decades. They tend to be somewhat vague leaving people confused about things like plagiarism...

"Music Within," The Story of Richard Pimentel

This essay presents a movie review of "Music Within," (2007, directed by Steven Sawalich). The film stars Ron Livingston as Richa...

Questions on Media, Power and Culture

This paper covers three issues, which pertain to music piracy, radio and analysis of a media image on drunk driving. Five pages in...

Finding Contentment

This essay pertains to the writer's experience of contentment, which is derived from listening to and performing music. Three page...

Film Review, Cool Hand Luke

This essay uses research to offer an overview of "Cool Hand Luke," a 1967 film directed by Stuart Rosenberg. Cinematic features, s...

Star Wars by John Williams

This essay offers an overview of the melody and harmony used in John William's main theme from Star Wars. The writer compares Will...