Abstract This paper examines the issues of copyright infringement and circumvention of technology with reference to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998. The author of this paper has carefully studied the law in question and has focused on various issues connected with this legislation. DMCA is a highly controversial law that has been staunchly opposed and actively supported by different section of the public and it has managed to attract great deal of media attention because of various lawsuits that emerged in this connection. The paper looks into some important court cases for impartial and objective study of the law.
From the Paper "There has been a long-standing debate on the issue of freedom of speech in the United States. While the Constitution of the country explicitly grants American citizens the right to share information and to speak freely without fear of prosecution through the First Amendment, still both the government and public are confused about the extent to which this legislation is valid and applicable. This is because freedom of speech and the very closely connected issue of copyright infringement have now entered a new realm i.e. the digital world and simply speaking this one domain knew no laws or rules when it first invaded our lives. We need to understand that Internet has on the one hand made access to information easier but on the other hand the same medium has been accused of encouraging copyright violation which has now turned into one of the most heatedly debated issues. Businesses and the general public is not aware of the extent to which they can use copyrighted material available on the Internet while the online companies are puzzled as to what actually constitutes infringement and to what extent can they provide access to such materials to their valued users. With major problems surfacing in this connection, online and digital businesses have been forced to exercise more caution when dealing with copyrighted material."
Abstract This paper describes Pearl Jam's song "Do the Evolution" as a modern take on the evolution of mankind. The author describes that the song is written from a social perspective and critiques the conceit that humans are somehow "superior", because they are the most highly evolved complex organism on Earth. The paper includes the complete lyrics of the song.
From the Paper "Pearl Jam's frontman, Eddie Venter, has quickly become the musical voice of Generation X. His lyrics are almost always insightful and provocative, and often address important social issues. Do the Evolution is no exception to the rule, as Venter delivers a topical and pointed commentary on current status of what is arguably the most highly evolved animal on the planet: human beings."
Abstract The writer of this paper presents five elements that must be analyzed to understand and underline the Romantic nature of this composer's work. Firstly, one must consider the "storytelling" use of the sonata form of the Fantasy. Secondly, one must consider the way in which the sonata was considered by the composer to be an Overture, a work that gives a "summary" or a miniature of a larger story or musical work. Thirdly, the tone color of the music must be analyzed. And fourthly and fifthly the timber and texture the work must also be reflected upon to understand the opulent quality of the music that renders it characteristic of the Romantic period during which Tchaikovsky composed music.
From the Paper "According to the musicologist E.T.A. Hoffman, the Romantic period of Western music was characterized by the ?fantastic, idealistic, and marvelous.? He states that such qualities are associated with the ?romance, a medieval tale or poem about heroes or events written in one of the languages descended from Latin.? (Cited in Grout & Palisca 563) Tchaikovksy's choice to use the story of Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" as the title of his Fantasy underlines the importance of Romantic thought in the orchestration of the composition. Rather than simply expanding upon or working within sonata form, defined as ?an ambitious work in several movements for one or two solo instruments,? "
Abstract The paper compares these two genre's using the works "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and a child's ballad entitled "The Trooper and the Maid" by Ron Clarke, in an attempt to propose the idea that rap songs are an extension and adaptation of ballads. It begins by defining the two genres and discussing their origins. It then explores the structure and the melodies associated with these art forms in relation to the aforementioned works. The focus then shifts to the purpose of the musical forms and the ways in which these musical traditions are handed down from generation to generation.
From the Paper "Over the past twenty years rap music and hip-hop culture have become a way of life. The music has become an art form that is often criticized for raunchy violent lyrics and described as garbage by many, but it has stood the test of time and crossed all racial and ethnic barriers.
"According to an article written by Curtis Blow, a forefather of the rap and the hip- hop movement, rap is conversing in rhyme to the rhythm of a beat. (Blow). Encarta explains further that rap is a genre of rhythm-and-blues music that consists of rhythmic vocals declaimed over musical accompaniment. ("Rap") In a rap song the musical accompaniment is characterized by electronic drumbeats, which are used in combination with samples taken from previous musical recordings."
Abstract The paper shows that today, without computers, we would be unable to listen to music videos and the radio, play musical instruments, listen to musicians perform, or attend a concert or movie. The paper investigates the major role computers have in the music industry and discusses dialogue, sound effects, and music post production.
From the Paper "In addition to being able to create synthesized effects, preprogrammed sound from libraries designed for specific synthesizer brands and models are available. These collections may be grouped by type of sound effect, such as screams, thunder, punches, or by instrument category, such as drum, string, brass, and keyboard sounds. These libraries come in various formats, such as floppy and hard disk and plug-in memory cartridge."
From the Paper "In the novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love by Oscar Hijuelos, immigrants from Cuba in the 1940s travel from Havana to New York to perform music in the dance halls of the period while working at whatever jobs they can get during the day. The road taken by these two brothers is one that has been taken by many others, the road to stardom in whatever field has been chosen. These two want to be mambo kings, but just as have thousands before them, they follow in the footsteps of people they admire (in this case Desi Arnaz and Xavier Cugat), they do whatever they can to be heard and seen, they work at menial job while they hone their art, and they make their way to America as the citadel of opportunity for musicians as for others. The book does a better job of creating a sense of what it means to be an immigrant in a strange land than it does with some of the.."
From the Paper "Throughout his rich and productive career Antonin Dvor"k (1841-1940) was a national composer first and foremost. The Czech people had been part of the Austrian empire for centuries and the first hint of liberty came only in 1861--with full statehood another fifty years away. Yet "artistic self-determination was about to be realized, and it was in the hands of the right men" (Robertson 9). Among these men Dvor"k emerged as one of the greatest of Czech artists with "a musical language saturated with the songs and dances of his native land" (Steinberg 150). Thus it seems, at first, very strange that his most famous and enduringly popular work, the symphony in E minor (Op. 95), titled From the New World, grew out of his experience of the United States. It is less strange, however, when the listener realizes that rather than drawing directly on ..."
From the Paper " Blues, work songs, ragtime, spirituals, and minstrel songs were, in their own ways, all part of the great "Africanization of American music" that was originated by enslaved Africans in the southern United States (Gioia 3). But the greatest of the musical forms developed in this process was jazz--one of the major American contributions to world culture. Each of these forms of music made essential contributions to the development of jazz itself but each, more or less, retained its own integrity and none could be said to have been transformed into jazz. Ragtime, for example, referred both to a specific type of musical composition and a specific style of instrumental performance and, even though there are strong connections between its forms and execution and those of early jazz, "it is inaccurate to call ragtime an early form of jazz" (Bolcom 23). The earliest form of..."
Impact of slavery, black rebellion and spiritual inspiration. Music as a political act. Civil Rights Movement protests, WWII & Vietnam, Woodstock, drug use.
4,725 words (approx. 18.9 pages), 5 sources, 2001, $ 135.95
From the Paper "A true reading of American history reveals this society as profoundly unfree in its origins, its history, and its psychology. That one of the greatest expressions of human freedom should be manifested in our Constitution by men who were mostly slave owners themselves, including the brilliant and profound Thomas Jefferson, is one of the ironies and contradictions with which our history is filled. Because of the incessant propaganda about our being the best country in the world that fills our airwaves and private conversations, a realistic and mature evaluation of own true national faults and virtues is difficult.
The simple facts are known by most people: we conquered, killed, and imprisoned most of the indigenous inhabitants, and imported as..."
From the Paper "Traditional Sioux of the last century ? or the centuries before ? would have found the entire idea of putting on their best clothes and going to a concert hall to listen ? as relatively passive observers ? to a musical performance extremely odd. For them, as for other native peoples of the Americas (and arguably other native peoples throughout the world before the onset of industrialization) music was something that was integrated into the fabric of ritual and everyday life. It was not something apart. Music and dancing were nearly always integrated into either ceremonial or celebrative activities of personal and communal life (Hassrick, 1964, p. 140). Such a degree of integration is hard for citizens of the almost-21st century to imagine."
From the Paper "MTV is a major success story among the many cable television networks in operation in America today, along with news stations like CNN and movie channels like HBO, Movie Channel, American Movie Classics, and Cinemax. A number of cable networks have come and gone, but MTV has been successful in gaining placement on cable systems across the country and in becoming popular with a large enough base of subscribers so that removal of the network from a system can generate a good deal of adverse comment from subscribers. MTV serves a niche audience that is especially large, but more than this, the network has been successful because it has marketed and promoted itself well."
From the Paper "More than any other musical instrument, the trumpet has gone through centuries of evolution in what it is made of, its design, its tonal range and its uses. The first trumpet, several thousand years B.C., is believed to have been a tree branch without a mouthpiece or bell flare, used solely as a megaphone, sounded at religious and magical rites. Related trumpets are the Australian didjeridu and the African transverse trumpet, the latter made from an antelope horn or elephant tusk. The trumpets of the Israelites, made of hammered silver, were used exclusively by priests, as in the famous tumbling of the Walls of Jericho in the book of Exodus. The oldest surviving mention of a trumpet is in the Epic of Gilgamesh, from about 2000 B.C.
The oldest existing trumpets, both silver, from 1353 B.C., were discovered in the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt. They..."
From the Paper "The purpose of this research is to examine the Jamaican influences on the origins of hip hop music. The plan of the research will be to set forth the popular-culture origins of hip hop in the United States in the South Bronx of New York City, and then to discuss the influences and implications of Jamaican musical style on the development and dissemination of hip hop through American and non-American cultural venues.
The temporal origin of hip hop music, which is largely considered an American phenomenon although its influence has been felt in Europe and Asia, has been identified as the 1970s, and its origin of location as the South Bronx in New York. According to Dimitriadis, hip hop music was a key aspect of a more pervasive cultural innovation that exploited a species of performance art, flamboyant costume, and performer-induced .."
From the Paper "The purpose of this paper is to discuss musicians and musical instruments as depicted in the visual arts of the period 900-1450 and to consider what can be deduced from such evidence about musical life in medieval Europe. Since hundreds of images from the medieval period showing musicians or instruments are available, this paper will discuss only a small selection of the more interesting and reproducible images, in order to survey the types of instruments that appear to have been in use.
In order to have some logical procedure for discussing the images, one would need to impose some sort of arbitrary categories. One possibility would be in terms of the medium. The art of this period falls into a relatively small number of genres. First, there is the art of the cathedrals. In this category falls sculpture, bas-relief, stained glass, icons.."
From the Paper "Very little is known of how musical instruments were employed in the Middle Ages. Although medieval art and literature offer considerable evidence of the existence of a variety of instruments, medieval theorists and transcribers of music indicated almost nothing about their use. It is known that, with the relatively minor exceptions of the organ and tuned bells, instruments were not used in sacred music. Their broad use in secular music, however, is little understood. In studying an era when little was done to preserve secular music, and existing scores made no mention of instrumental roles, musicologists must make deductions about instrumentation based on non-musical evidence and the interpretation of the rare extant scores, whose notations are imperfectly understood. A review of the use of instruments in medieval music demonstrates the extent.."
