Due
October 7
Background:
Search Google for "RIAA," "Music Wars," or other topics
that will provide background information about the legal
issues associated with efforts to stop online file sharing.
Search for "Durkheim," "structural functional," "collective
conscience," and other terms that will help you develop
a deeper understanding of the ideas raised in Kidder 4.
The question:
Efforts by the RIAA to stop file sharing rely on established
laws that protect copyright. Given
the changes presented by the internet, are these laws still
effective? What
is the function of these laws? Whose interests are protected?
What structures are maintained? Looking at the issues through
structural/functional lenses, in what ways might these
laws be dysfunctional?
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As a reminder, here are instructions from the course
outline:
Essays
should have sufficient breadth and depth to indicate
more than a passing awareness of the issues raised in
the questions. Grading will be determined based on the
thoroughness of response and the ability to properly
apply knowledge gained through reading the text. Essays
should be "term paper quality." Pay attention
to spelling, sentence and paragraph structure, organization,
and citations. Your papers should use APA style , which
is described in the Publication Manual of the American
Psychological Association (5th edition, 2001). Questions typically contain multiple parts. This is not
done to make questions more difficult. Multiple parts are
recommended to provide guidance that will lead to a high
quality answer. Remember to address each section but do
not assume that the ideas raised in each section are the
only issues to be addressed in your response.
Completed
essays should be e-mailed to mentor@nmsu.edu. Although
I have several e-mail addresses, this is the only
one you should use for this class. My computer can only
read certain formats. Fortunately, these are popular formats
and you should be able to submit assignments without any
problems. If you are using Microsoft Word, just save as
word and send. If you are using any other program please
save as .rtf before sending. Don't put anything after the
dot - let the computer take care of this. For example, "exam1.joe" will
not open on my computer. Use "exam1_joe" instead
and let the computer add the .doc or .rtf after your file
name. Send papers as attachments. Use the body of the message
to tell me what you are sending so I will know that you
are sending an intended attachment rather than a virus
or other malicious attachment.
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