eBooks. MP3 downloads. Digital images. Streaming video. All of these are examples of the new media. Creative works are shifting from physical media distribution models to entirely digital production and distribution.
While there are significant legal and moral issues surrounding the sales, sharing and outright theft of digital content, it is clear that we have reached a technological tipping point where the vast majority of content will exist primarily online.
This book examines the changes that have led us to a digital content world, and examines more of the changes that will take place as we evolve our systems toward infinite capacity, bandwidth and device interoperability.
While there are significant legal and moral issues surrounding the sales, sharing and outright theft of digital content, it is clear that we have reached a technological tipping point where the vast majority of content will exist primarily online.
This book examines the changes that have led us to a digital content world, and examines more of the changes that will take place as we evolve our systems toward infinite capacity, bandwidth and device interoperability.
