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Discus the revival of a new era magician chic.
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Assess the view that we are now living in a new post-modern era
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Internet Law Level 3 LLB LAW Student ID: 33165044 Year: 2007/08 Word count: 4047 I certify that this is my own work. The work has not in whole or in part, been presented elsewhere for assessment. Where material has been used from other sources it has been properly acknowledged. If this statement is untrue I acknowledge that I will have committed an assessment offence. I also certify that I have taken a copy of this assignment, which I will retain until after the Board of Examiners has published results and which I will make available on request. QUESTION 2 "The introduction of new technology is always disruptive to old markets, and particularly to those copyright owners whose works are sold through well-established distribution mechanisms."1 Technological advancements such as the introduction of the printing press and other technological inventions such as radios and television broadcasting, the internet, compact discs (CD) and digital versatile disc (DVD), 'has affected both the form and substance of intellectual property rights'.2 The main Intellectual Property Right (IPR) that WIPO is referring to is Copyright. The main aim of my work is to demonstrate using historical examples how the law of copyright has evolved in order to cope with the introduction of new technologies and particularly to deal with the ground-breaking file-sharing of the digital era of the
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How Does J.B Priestley Reveal The Hypocrisy of The Edwardian Era In "An Inspector Calls" ? An Inspector Calls is a controversial play set in the subtle society of 1912. Written in 1945, the play script critically analyses the hypocrisy of a symbolist group of characters living in the Edwardian era (1901 - 1914). During this period many revolutionary changes happened ; there were dramatic rises in business and many factories grew larger and richer. Other important changes include design and warfare. Throughout the Edwardian period and 1912 in particular, design in transport improved tremendously. The famous Titanic sank upon it's launching maiden voyage - travelling on the way to New York, and many industrial towns, for example the setting for An Inspector Calls Brumley, were becoming more significant and were again improved dramatically. Hypocrisy is the term given when there are false claims to have admirable principles, beliefs or feelings. A person is named to be hypocritical or a hypocrite if they show the pretence of possessing these definitions ; pretending to be something they're not. Throughout the play J.B. Priestley reveals the hypocrisy of the Edwardian era using various techniques. Several ways in which the didactic play unravels include using one interrogative character to draw the story and Priestley's message out to the audience. To do this Priestley
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Love and False Love! - Laura xoxo I intend to explore how poets portrayed love during the Victorian era. Our view today of Victorian relationships is that of love, money, and marriage - and sex only happening after marriage. The poems I have studied give a clear view of relationships. What was wanted from them, feelings, Victorian views etc, which appear to be different to our initial ideas! Firstly, I looked at Andrew Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress", which is an example of a 17th century Carpe Diem poem. A "seize the day" poem Marvell is having his speaker direct his words at a particular women that he is courting, and by extension, to all young women with advice that urges them to act upon their hormonal instincts as soon as possible. Back then, "mistress" simply meant "young woman", he is not instructing them to be licentious and "easy" whores. That is exactly the opposite of what men wanted then. He does however, urge them to catch the fancy of an upstanding man and marry him while still young and with the physical beauty that would first catch the eye of a man. He does not believe there is enough time for extended flirting as leading a man on without allowing him full sexual satisfaction will cause him to lose interest. These views portrayed in Marvell's poem say a lot about feelings on love and relationships during the Victorian era. By all of Marvell's talk
