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Computers and Creativity

AUTHOR Plotkin, Robert
PUBLISHER Facts on File (10/28/2011)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Hardcover)
Description
Computers and Creativity explores the many ways people use computers to create software, invent new machines, and express themselves through words, music, graphic art, and multimedia. This brand-new, full-color resource also explains how computers enable people to collaborate over space and time on a scale never before possible without the use of professional intermediaries. Additionally, it examines the ways in which computer-enabled creativity causes us to rethink copyright and patent law, providing legal protection for the creative works of both artists and inventors.

Chapters include:

Writing: Farewell to Pen and Paper

Music: Personal Computer as Piano

Video: Recording, Editing, and Creating Special Effects

Programming: How Software Is Created

Inventing: Using Computers to Drive Innovation

Collaboration: Bringing People Together Over the Internet

Disintermediation: Cutting Out the Middleman

Intellectual Property: Protecting Creativity in the Digital World

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Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780816077540
ISBN-10: 0816077541
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Unsewn / Adhesive Bound)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 184
Carton Quantity: 24
Product Dimensions: 7.40 x 0.60 x 9.30 inches
Weight: 1.30 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents, Ikids, Glossary, Illustrated
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Computers | Social Aspects
Dewey Decimal: 303.483
Library of Congress Control Number: 2010044839
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Computers and Creativity explores the many ways people use computers to create software, invent new machines, and express themselves through words, music, graphic art, and multimedia. This brand-new, full-color resource also explains how computers enable people to collaborate over space and time on a scale never before possible without the use of professional intermediaries. Additionally, it examines the ways in which computer-enabled creativity causes us to rethink copyright and patent law, providing legal protection for the creative works of both artists and inventors.

Chapters include:

Writing: Farewell to Pen and Paper

Music: Personal Computer as Piano

Video: Recording, Editing, and Creating Special Effects

Programming: How Software Is Created

Inventing: Using Computers to Drive Innovation

Collaboration: Bringing People Together Over the Internet

Disintermediation: Cutting Out the Middleman

Intellectual Property: Protecting Creativity in the Digital World

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Author: Plotkin, Robert
Robert Plotkin has been a writer and consultant to the beverage industry for over twenty years. He is a highly respected expert in the field of spirits and beverage management, and has authored eleven books on the subjects. He also frequently presents seminars on beverage management and quality control issues to national companies. Robert lives in Tucson, Arizona with his wife and two daughters.
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