I. Introduction
Internet censorship laws started appearing around the world in 1995. These laws covered content already illegal in existing laws for non-internet content, as well as for content that is not suitable for minors. Worldwide, four different approaches were taken with internet censorship. 1) The government encouraged user self-regulation, and voluntary use of content filters by their citizens. 2) Laws were implemented that penalized content providers who made censored material available online. 3) Some governments instituted country wide blocking of censored material. 4) The most restrictive censorship implemented by some governments was complete blocking or restrictive access to the internet. 1
This paper will show whether the ethics of censoring internet content depends on the culture and laws of the country. I personally believe that internet censorship is not ethical and internet users should decide for themselves what they can and cannot see. This paper will prove the ethical implications of internet censorship through two case studies: the United States' Communications Decency Act, and Australia's Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999. The United States and Australia have both taken two different approaches to internet censorship. However, both countries started out with similar censorship laws. The United States in 1996 passed the Communications Decency Act. This law was later found to be unconstitutional and in violation of first amendment rights to freedom of speech. The US currently has no internet censorship laws. The Australian government uses the Broadcasting Services Amendment (Online Services) Act 1999 to censor internet traffic to this day.
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The central figure (Venus) dominates the composition and is modeled so carefully modeled that life like quality I believe Titian strived to portray was fully realized. Her body has an over all solidarity and weight that anchors her to the picture plane and demands the viewer’s attention. The technical aspects of this painting are in my opinion far from realistic or perfect. Many of the proportions in the figures are distorted, such as the proportion of her head to the mass of her body. The cupids also have moment where their bodies are not sized relative to what we believe a baby’s bod...
Peter Paul Rubens’ masterpiece, Venus and Adonis, is not only a significant artwork of the baroque-period in Europe during the 17th century, but it also tells the mythological story that begins with love, and ends in tragedy. Displayed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this painting is admired for representing the unique baroque-style of this era, as well as Rubens’ particular use of the medium and how it reaches those who are viewing it. His attention to detail and crafty use of symbolism within the painting assist viewers in deciphering the story, along with the values of the time period in which Rubens was living. In studying the composition of the work and noting the historical context from which it came, one can ultimately understand Rubens’ point-of-view and thus, connect to the painting in a way he or she has never imagined.
Titan does a fantastic job is composing both Venus portraits, however, the differences in composition are subtle. Venus with a Mirror has a slightly different composition when comparing it to Venus of Urbino. The woman the center if the oil painting, looks to be either sitting up on a lounge chair, or she could possibly be standing and nude from the waist up, while the Urbino Venus is resting across the lounge chair showing off the entirety of her body. The Mirror Venus has not window or any hit that there is a window inside the room, however, Urbino Venus has a small window with a gorgeous view of the sky. The two Venus’s both have individuals on the right side of the painting, but the two individuals are completely different. Mirror Venus has two cherubs aiding her in getting ready. The division of space is extremally different between the paintings, while the mirror Venus is only divided in one spot horizontally, Urbino Venus has three different divisions. There is a curtain which divides the top half of the room in two, then the lounge chair start the division of the top from the bottom. Thus, this unique composition causes the audience to examine all three of the spaces thoroughly and carefully. If a viewer is overwelled by the work then they simply will walk away. Titian
Tears begin to fall down a child’s face. Her body goes into shock out of fear. Her mother warned her about watching inappropriate content, and there it was, right on her computer screen. This could not have happened though. All she was doing was casually browsing the internet before a pop-up appeared. Although it may seem hard to believe, the major cause of events such as this is the lack of censorship on the internet. Internet censorship relates to the removal of offensive, inappropriate, or controversial content published online. The current problem with the internet is that there are few restrictions on what can be published or viewed. Several sites on the internet only offer a warning about inappropriate content that can easily be bypassed by agreeing to the terms. Other websites provide access to private or military information. More dreadfully, however, are websites that use their explicit content as a promotion. These factors bring the conclusion that anybody of any given age can view and publish inappropriate or dangerous content. The current problems with the internet serve for clarification as to why the United States should create a nonpartisan assembly to censor the internet in order to protect its citizens from the mental, emotional, and physical harms the internet creates.
This oil painting was first exhibited in the salon of 1865, and shocked its contemporary audiences but not because of the nudity. Rather, what audiences were shocked at was the illustration of a prostitute with such a strong confrontational gaze. The subject matter being presented to the public was not of royalty or deities; instead, the artist depicted a working class prostitute whose nakedness is emphasized by sharp lighting. Appropriately, painterly brushstrokes comprise details in the flowers the servant is holding, the dark background is muddled creating a stark contrast and flatness between the foreground and background, and various symbols play off of the classic Venus of Urbino. Comparisons between the two show that instead of a child and woman, Olympia has a slave presenting her flowers from her previous client. Instead of a dog representing marital fidelity, Manet inserted a black cat which symbolizing prostitution. The shift from the canonized principles and styling of art can be seen in the greater influence the artist’s own perspective and individuality reflected in their paintings. Artist’s focused more on the banal, the mundane, aspects of daily life that they interacted with on a regular basis and even topics that were more relatable and possibly even from personal
...nclusive. These men bound together by the artistic circle which was created within the Medici patronage, worked in collaboration to effectively educate a young adolescent, Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici, not only through poetry and the written word, but also through those words translated by Botticelli into what can be called visual poetry. A moral allegory for which a young boy could see with his own eyes, beauty, love and virtue and also the importance of daily existence of life on a farm based upon the seasons and the importance of spring, “La Primavera” became poetry in its own right and a visual aid in the education of young Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici. It also, for Botticelli, became a first step toward painting in a manner that was no longer tied to religious imagery in terms of the church, but toward Botticelli himself becoming a visual poet.
Botticelli, S. (1485). The birth of Venus. Retrieved March 19, 2009 from Artchive. Web site:
“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get.” Forrest Gump is the portrayal of a man that has been alienated from society, not because he is unintelligent or dimwitted, but rather because he is not restricted by the conventional ideals which are embedded within his culture; thus, Forrest challenges the conformities and principals that most people are accustomed to. The contrast that Robert Zemeckis, director of the film, is attempting to convey through the character of Forrest Gump is how most people are too smart for there own good; and thus, try to escape the realities and actualities of life. While other characters in the story are suppressed by society’s conflicts, Forrest remains blinded to all; hence, he is able to live in the moment, rather than evading what is real. Forrest’s unique selflessness and compelled nature to do what is right, as opposed to what is easy, are what our society incorrectly labels stupidity or futility. Zemeckis is obviously pointing out that an individual has no control over his or her own destiny and in order to live a noble life, must accept life as it is.
George Bernard Shaw once said, “The first condition of progress is the removal of censorship.” Internet censorship is the control or suppression of what can be accessed, published, or viewed on the Internet. In other words, one day you might not be able to Google everything you want to know as you can now. Although the Internet can be a dangerous without caution, countries need not to censor the Internet for their own selfish reasons. Internet censorship is a form of a dictatorship, and they can cause riots as well as take away our first amendment right.
There are many beautiful and innovative works of art from the eighteenth- century. However, the “Venus Consoling Love” a painting of the Rocco style by Francois Boucher is quite relative and stood out to me because I believe it depicts the story of Venus the goddess of love and her beautiful winged children. This speaks to my life because I am a mother with three children. You can clearly see how Venus is disciplining Cupid by disarming him of his arrows, while the other two winged creatures are looking rather delighted by this. Cupid was always misbehaving. Cupid was mettlesome, carefree, and loved using his arrows, often in a troublesome and sometimes damaging ways. This portrait speaks to me so much because it reminds
The Birth of Venus is a beautiful Renaissance canvas masterpiece created by Sandro Botticello. The picture illustrates the birth of Venus in a very mystical way. Venus has emerged from sea on a shell which is being driven to shore by flying wind-gods. She is surrounded by beautiful roses which are painted in a truly remarkable color. As she is about to step to land, one of the Hours hands her a purple cloak. The back drop includes the sea and a forest. The overall effect of this painting are almost overwhelming, color and beauty meet the eye in every angle.
Venus’s standing inside a large pearl colored seashell with golden edges, represents female genitalia giving a symbolic birthing scene, and has been blown ashore by Zephyors and Chloris who’s floating above the sea on the right of Venus. Zephyors is the god of the west wind ,his face shows strain from the power of his breath his cheeks inflated with air ,lips puckered , forehead wrinkled with by the force he’s expelling the wind. Zephyors skin is tan with long brown hair the same as the color of his angelic wings , his body is in a bracing pose with his arms pushed back with his hand opened his chest exposed and forced forward, his blue cloak tied around his neck is blown back from the winds wrapping around his right arm and pelvis. Zephyors left hand is wrapped around Chloris. Chloris is a nymph associated with spring and blossoming flowers, her arms are wrapped around Zephyors with her fingers intertwine on his right side her right leg is hooked on his upper left pelvis down to his knee. Chloris upper body is facing Zephyors with her head nearly touching his looking towards Venus, her mouth is slightly open face relaxed her eyes focused on Venus almost in awe of her beauty .Chloris cloak tied on her left shoulder rich dark green color with gold highlights draped over her body with her left breast exposed. Her skin
As the Internet has become more widely recognized and used by people all over the world, it has brought a new medium in which information can very easily be broadcast to everyone with access to it. In 1995 there was a projected 26 million Internet users, which has grown to almost 300 million today. One major problem with this is that everyone represents different countries and provinces which have different outtakes on certain types of freedom of speech as well as different laws about it. This proposes a new type of law that would need to be written in order to determine whether or not something is illegal on the Internet. A person in one country can express what they want to, but that expression may be illegal in another country and in this situation whose laws are to be followed? What I propose to do accomplish in this paper is to discuss the freedom of speech laws of the United States of America and those of France, China, and Canada. I will examine what about them is similar and what about them is different. The bringing of the Internet has brought many new types of businesses as well as ways in order to communicate with the world, but as with each new endeavor or invention, there needs to be a way in order to govern its use and policies. There must also be ways in order to punish those not following the new laws and policies of use, since that the country that the person is in may allow what they did, but it may not be allowed on the Internet or in a different country. In other words, there is the need for international laws governing the Internet.
Abstract: This paper examines the use of Internet technologies (specifically SafeWeb.com) to counteract invasions of personal privacy and censorship. The paper begins by exploring the methods by which governments, corporations, and commercial agents invade personal privacy. It also discusses Internet censorship on the corporate and governmental levels. It then proceeds to discuss SafeWeb.com, a technology that allows Internet users to surf the Web privately and view censored content. The paper finishes by exploring some of the ethical issues raised by Internet privacy and censorship in specific relation to SafeWeb, concluding that the application of SafeWeb in circumventing the authority of governments and corporations is inherently unethical.
The Internet is an extremely educational and communicative tool. Everyone can access a tremendous amount of information and connect with people on the other end of the planet; it is capable of doing everything. Nowadays, the society is facing a variety of challenges and controversies which are mostly related to religion, morality, the economic crisis, etc., and the most talked-about issue in today’s world is “Internet censorship”. Although the Internet is very useful, many people are suggesting the idea of censoring the Internet; however, the government should not censor the Internet because a free and open Internet usage has many positive impacts on people’s lives.