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Copyright 101: Learn the Basics

Copyright is possibly the most important and wide-reaching body of laws that people are generally uninformed about. You've probably heard of a couple high profile cases here and there, but issues of…

Intellectual Property Rights

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Entertainment Archives

Cite Glossary of Art MovementsSignificant Movies of 2002The Movies of 2001The Movies of 2000The Movies of 1999The Movies of 1998The Movies of 1996–1997Significant Videos of 1999Significant…

silk

(Encyclopedia) silk, fine, horny, translucent, yellowish fiber produced by the silkworm in making its cocoon and covered with sericin, a protein. Many varieties of silk-spinning worms and insects are…

Córdoba, city, Spain

(Encyclopedia) Córdoba or Cordova Cordova both: kôrˈdōvä [key], city, capital of Córdoba…

Francophonie, La

(Encyclopedia) Francophonie, La, officially the International Organization of the Francophonie, Fr. Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), an intergovernmental organization of mainly…

Frankfurt School

(Encyclopedia) Frankfurt School, a group of researchers associated with the Institut für Sozialforschung (Institute of Social Research), founded in 1923 as an autonomous division of the Univ. of…

hula

(Encyclopedia) hula, traditional Hawaiian dance usually performed standing with symbolically descriptive arm and hand movements and gracefully sensual undulations of the hips; it is also done in a…

hyacinth, in botany

(Encyclopedia) hyacinth, any plant of the genus Hyacinthus, bulbous herbs of the family Liliaceae (lily family) native to the Mediterranean region and South Africa. The common, or Dutch, hyacinth of…

hydroponics

(Encyclopedia) hydroponics, growing of plants without soil in water to which nutrients have been added. Hydroponics has been used for over a century as a research technique, but not until 1929 were…