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- Copyright: economic incentive for authors to create original works
- Difficult to enforce copyright because of ease at which content can be copied.
- Users must seek permission of copyright holder before using their material.
- Integrity of source data: educational systems
- Difficult to verify because multimedia systems use content from a variety of sources and the content can also be created and distributed at minimal cost
- Must reference sources so users can check the data integrity e.g. Wikipedia articles can be edited by anyone with internet
- Appropriate use of internet and widespread application of new developments
- Many organisations monitor online activity
- Users have to follow guidelines e.g. not to use offensive language in forums
- Skype used for multimedia communication between separated family members
- The merging of radio, television, communications and the internet with the increase and improvements in digitisation
- More diversity of content e.g. mobile phones integrate video cameras, GPS, MP3 player, internet browser
- Current and emerging trends in multimedia
- Virtual worlds – people take on another persona in an online simulated environment.
- Developed for entertainment but used by disabled people to escape their disability in a ‘real’ world.
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