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Prospects of multimedia technologies and applications Leonardo Chiariglione IET Lectio Magistralis Bologna – 2013/10/24 The “hard” analogue times Marcus Valerius Martialis (Epigrammata LII) Commendo tibi, Quintiane, nostros -- nostros dicere si tamen libellos possum, quos recitat tuus poeta -- : si de servitio gravi queruntur, adsertor venias satisque praestes, et, cum se dominum vocabit ille, dicas esse meos manuque missos. Hoc si terque quaterque clamitaris, inpones plagiario pudorem. (Slightly less) “hard” analogue times Ludovico Ariosto (1515 AD) was afraid that people would copy his poem without rewarding him He made a business proposition to Duke Alfonso d’Este of Ferrara: YOU fine those who pirate my works and WE share the proceeds Something changed – but not so much – in 2000 years Titus Pomponius Atticus (1 st century BC) employed a large number of trained slaves to copy and produce books with retail branches in the provinces of the Roman empire A Chinese publisher's account (12 th century AC) for a book of 1,300 pages indicates a 3 to 1 ratio of selling price to production costs Gutenberg’s invention fostered the creation of the role of publisher Many analogue media technologies Movable character Cinematography printing Radio Photography Television Telephony Tape recording Facsimile Photocopy Sound recording 5 When professional copy became possible… Whereas Printers, Booksellers, and other Persons, have of late frequently taken the Liberty of Printing, Reprinting, and Publishing, or causing to be Printed, Reprinted, and Published, Books, and other Writings, without the Consent of the Authors or Proprietors of such Books and Writings, to their very great Detriment, and too often to the Ruin of them and their Families: For Preventing therefore such Practices for the future, and for the Encouragement of Learned Men to Compose and Write useful Books; May it please Your Majesty, that it may be Enacted ..
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