Computers and Creativity (Computers, Internet, and Society) |
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| Author:
| Plotkin, |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8160-7754-0 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2011 |
| Publisher: | Facts On File, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $45.00USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
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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.