[ecrea] New book: Intelligent Multimedia

>Intelligent Multimedia
>Managing Creative Works in a Digital World
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>Danièle Bourcier, CERSA-CNRS University of Paris 2, France;
>Pompeu Casanovas, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain;
>Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay, Politecnico di Torino;
>Catharina Maracke, Shonan Fujisawa Campus, Keio University (Eds.)
>
>The development of affordable computer 
>technologies coupled with the advances in 
>multimedia technology enable the transformation 
>of users in cultural actors. The notion of 
>"Intelligent Multimedia"- which is the title of 
>this book - summarizes this social and technical 
>transformation. The Semantic Web,among other 
>technologies, facilitates access to and 
>processing of multimedia and informational 
>works. Consumers become prosumers in the new 
>stages of the Web. However, the possibilities 
>offered by the technologies are not always 
>accompanied by the law. Lawrence Lessig, one of 
>the Creative Commons founders, pointed out a 
>paradox in the Foreword of our previous book 
>International Commons at the Digital Age - La 
>création en partage (Romillat, Paris, 2004): 
>"First, copyright is essential to the dignity 
>and often the incentives of creative authors. 
>Second, the existing system of copyright is 
>insanely complex and often harmful to the 
>interest of creators". Today, copyright law 
>could change towards an ecology of innovation 
>and open access leading to the transformation of 
>both technical protocols and governance. 
>Creative Commons is one instrument to overcome 
>legal barriers for disseminating, sharing and 
>reusing all this knowledge and creativity.
>
>More on: http://www.e-p-a-p.com/publications/bookcard.php?isbn=9788883980633

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New Book:
Trans-Reality Television
The Transgression of Reality, Genre, Politics, and Audience.
Lexington. (Sofie Van Bauwel & Nico Carpentier eds.)
http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739131885
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