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Common Examples of Online Copyright Infringement:
You make an MP3 copy of a song because the CD you bought expressly permits you to do so. But then you put your MP3 copy on the Internet, using a file-sharing network, so that millions of other people can download it.
Even if you don't illegally offer recordings to others, you join a file-sharing network and download unauthorized copies of all the copyrighted music you want for free from the computers of other network members.
In order to gain access to copyrighted music on the computers of other network members, you pay a fee to join a file-sharing network that isn't authorized to distribute or make copies of copyrighted music. Then you download unauthorized copies of all the music you want.
You transfer copyrighted music using an instant messenging service.
You have a computer with a CD burner, which you use to burn copies of music you have downloaded onto writable CDs for all of your friends.
Somebody you don't even know e-mails you a copy of a copyrighted song and then you turn around and e-mail copies to all of your friends.
Do The Crime, Do The Time
If you do not have legal permission, and you go ahead and copy or distribute copyrighted music anyway, you can be prosecuted in criminal court and/or sued for damages in civil court.
Criminal penalties for first-time offenders can be as high as five years in prison and $250,000 in fines.
Civil penalties can run into many thousands of dollars in damages and legal fees. The minimum penalty is $750 per song.
MORE: http://www.ifpi.org/ - International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
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WE SUPPORT REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA:
Georgias strategic location is an asset to any investor. As a bridge between Europe and Asia, Georgia offers direct access to European, GCC and CIS markets (more than 1 billion consumers).
INVEST IN GEORGIA:
The World`s Leading Reformer The World Bank hails Georgias meteoric five-year rise from 112thin 2005 to 11th in the 2010 World Bank & IFC “Doing Business” Index as unprecedented. “Since the World Bank began keeping records,” says survey author Simeon Djankov, “no other country has made so many deep reforms in so many different areas so consistently.”
Georgian industry is very entrepreneurial and highly motivated to develop rapidly. As industries in Georgia develop, firms and investors are looking for opportunities to invest. The combination of dynamic economic growth, pro-business legislation, a liberal tax code, a strong legal framework to protect investors and an educated and skilled workforce presents a solid platform for successful business in Georgia.
More than 4,600 companies in Georgia were established by foreign investors . These firms have capitalized upon the skills and talents of Georgias multi-lingual and highly educated workforce.
- Georgia offers competitive cost factors (labor, utilities, real estate, taxes).
- Georgias workforce of 1.9 million people is highly educated – 30.8% have university degrees.
- Average Gross Monthly Salaries are lower than European equivalents – USD 343 in 2009.
- Georgia boasts low tariffs, streamlined border clearance procedures and preferential trade regimes with major partners, including the EU, CIS countries, the U.S. and Free Trade with Turkey. Georgia has been a member of the WTO since 2000 and has no quantitative restrictions on trade.
- Georgia hosts an excellent infrastructure. Extensive public and private investment has developed a dynamic nationwide network of roads, railroads, waterways, harbors and airports.
- Georgias foreign trade has been growing rapidly since 2003 as a result of aggressive policy reforms to make it easier and less expensive to trade across borders.
- Georgia offers a high quality of living to visitors. Its environment is clean, with a focus on Green Energy and organic food production.
http://www.investingeorgia.org/
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Human Rights Watch www.hrw.org
Georgia: Civilians Killed by Russian Cluster Bomb ‘Duds’
Many people have died because of Russia's use of cluster munitions in Georgia, even as Moscow denied it had used this barbaric weapon. Many more people could be killed or wounded unless Russia allows professional demining organizations to enter at once to clean the affected areas:
http://www.hrw.org/ru/news/2008/08/21/georgia-civilians-killed-russian-cluster-bomb-duds
5 Days Of War (original title 5 Days Of August) is a Hollywood film about the Russia-Georgia conflict which turned into the 2008 South Ossetia war in August 2008. Director and co-producer of this project is the Finnish-American film direct ... or and producer Renny Harlin. Filming started in October 2009, in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. After the request of Film Producers, the Georgian Military provided military equipment. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili allowed use of his Presidential residence for filming. Andy García plays the role of Saakashvili; Emmanuelle Chriqui plays Tatia, a young Georgian girl; Rupert Friend plays Thomas Anders, an American reporter; and Johnathon Schaech plays Rezo Avaliani, a young Georgian officer. In addition, Val Kilmer plays a Dutch journalist working in Georgia
5 DAYS OF WAR on DVD:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Five-Days-War-Rupert-Friend/dp/B004KKX1BQ
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GEORGIAN FILM - HISTORY:
http://www.georgianfilm.ge /?section=143&lang_id=eng
Foreign cinematographers knew the significant style of Georgian films, that's why they always supported their authors and not only for their high professional abilities, but for their civil courage and selfless attitude to the art. Step by step the phenomenon of Georgian cinema started to appear.
In the one hundred years existence of the Georgian cinema there have been about 800 full-length films, TV and short films, almost 600 documentaries, scientific-popular and about 300 animations and puppet films produced.
Since the foundation of Georgian cinema lots of well-known Georgian directors have been working there, such as Alexander Tsutsunava, A. Digmelovi, K. Mardjanishvili,
V. Barski, Iv. Erestian, M. Kalatozov (Kalatozishvili), N. Shengelaia,
M. Chiaureli, D. Rondeli, V. Tabliashvili, N. Sanishvili. R. Chkheidze,
O. Ioseliani, E. Shengelaia, L. Gogoberidze, S. Faradjanov, G. Sheng
Georgian cinema has enjoyed wide popularity in almost all international festivals and forums: Cannes, Berlinale, Omerhousen, Venice, Rome and so on. After the fall of The Soviet Union economic and political crisis started in Georgia and film industry was not immune from the problems. Technicians and actors were fired, cinema production companies were closed and their finances were reduced. For almost 10 years the cinema industry had not been technically developed. The result was deplorable and the Georgian cinema industry almost stopped producing new movies.
At present our country tries to support the movie industry. The fundamental reconstruction works at the main building of studio GEORGIAN FILM have been completed. The building has been reconstructed according to modern standards and requirements. Latest production and post-production apparatutus, equipment and technologies have been bought.
Today we can proudly say that that the rejuvenated GEORGIAN FILM is able to be involved in the creation and development of the world movie industry again...
The cinema of Georgia has been noted for its cinematography in Europe. One of the most acclaimed Italian film directors, Federico Fellini, was an admirer of the Georgian film:
“ Georgian film is a completely unique phenomenon, vivid, philosophically inspiring, very wise, childlike. There is everything that can make me cry and I ought to say that it (my crying) is not an easy thing."
VISIT:
PEOPLE AND HISTORY
Georgia's recorded history dates back more than 2,500 years. Georgian, a South Caucasian (or "Kartvelian") language, unrelated to any outside the immediate region, is one of the oldest living languages in the world and has its own distinct alphabet. Located in the picturesque Mtkvari River valley, Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, is more than 1,550 years old. In the early 4th century, Georgia became the second nation in the world to officially adopt Christianity. Georgia has historically been situated on the margins of great empires, and Georgians have lived together in a unified state for only a fraction of their existence as a people. Since at least the 1st century B.C. through the 18th century, much of Georgia's territory was fought over by Persian, Roman, Byzantine, Arab, Mongol, and Turkish armies. The zenith of Georgia's power as an independent kingdom came in the 11th and 12th centuries, during the reigns of King David the Builder and Queen Tamar, who rank among the most celebrated of all Georgian rulers:
www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/5253.htm
GEORGIAN MUSIC:
...Polyphony is one of the less comprehended phenomenon of the musical thinking. The interest in making research on it has been significantly increased over the last period. The map presented on this page indicates the areas all over the world where the polyphonic music has been spread:
http://www.polyphony.ge/?lng=eng
Over its three thousand years of history , Georgia allocated on the border line of Asia and Europe has developed its unique polyphonic musical culture. Georgians have enriched the treasury of the world by its special polyphonic musical folklore and church music. Since the ancient times three-part singing has been the norm of Georgian musical thinking. Everybody who has ever had a touch with Georgian polyphonic forms recognizes their diversity and excellence.
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PLACE TO VISIT: BATUMI , Georgia:
Batumi (Georgian: ბათუმი) is a seaside city on the Black Sea coast and capital of Adjara, an autonomous republic in southwest Georgia. It has a population of 121,806 (2002 census).
Batumi, with its large port and commercial center, is also the last stop of the Transcaucasian Railway and the Baku oil pipeline. It is situated some 20 km (12 mi) from the Turkish border, in a subtropical zone, rich in agricultural produce such as citrus fruit and tea. Industries include shipbuilding, food processing, and light manufacturing.
MORE INFO/PICS:
http://www.batumi.ge/en/index.php?page=gallery&file=1/
Batumi lies at the northern periphery of the humid subtropical zone. The city's climate is heavily influenced by the onshore flow from the Black Sea and is subject to the orographic effect of the nearby hills and mountains, resulting in significant rainfall throughout most of the year, making Batumi the wettest city in both Georgia and the entire Caucasus Region.
The average annual temperature in Batumi is approximately 14 °C. January is the coldest month with an average temperature of 7 °C. August is the hottest month with an average temperature of 22 °C. The absolute minimum recorded temperature is -9 °C, and the absolute maximum is 40 °C. The number of days with daily temperatures above 10 °C is 239. The city receives 1958 hours of sunshine per year.
Batumi's average annual precipitation is 2,718mm. (107.0 in.). September is the wettest month with an average of 335mm. (13.19 in.) of precipitation, while May is the driest, averaging 92mm (3.62 in.). Batumi generally does not receive significant amounts of snow (accumulating snowfall of more than 30 cm.), and the number of days with snow cover for the year is 12. The average level of relative humidity ranges from 70-80%