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The popularity of Internet and multimedia has increased the need for
rapid diffusion of culture in new formats. Since its beginnings, music
has never shied away from incorporating the latest technological advances
to maximise expressive power. Its pioneering role in the use of Internet
technology to broadcast audio and music files continues to break new
boundaries.
Current state of the art still distributes music either on paper or on CD
or similar media. However, the possibility to distribute music in several
other formats, such as symbolic, audio (in its several available formats)
and as images of music scores opens several new avenues for research.
At the same time, Internet technologies are having a strong impact on
system architectures and business processes, while new regulations are
changing the distribution mechanisms of music in important ways.
WEDELMUSIC-2001 aims to deal with these major topics in music-related
fields, in order to address new ways to distribute music to larger audiences.
The impact of these developments on cultural heritage will be considered,
together with their availability to people with limited access to classical
archives or libraries. In particular, proposals and solutions benefiting
visually-impaired people are encouraged, to let everybody access this
large and hidden cultural heritage. Tools for impaired people will contribute
to broadening music playing and enjoyment.
The conference focuses on both the challenges posed by Internet in its role
as a major player for business changes and music distribution, as well as
opportunities as a new infrastructure for enabling technology. In addition,
this conference seeks to promote discussion and interaction between
researchers, practitioners, developers and users of tools, technology
transfer experts, and project managers. Of particular interest is the exchange
of concepts, prototypes, research ideas, and other results which could
both contribute to the academic arena and also benefit business and the
industrial community.
WEDELMUSIC-2001 will bring together a variety
of participants to address not only different technical issues, but also the
impact of Internet on the preservation of cultural heritage.
Topics of interest include but are not restricted to the following aspects:
- - Protection formats and tools for music
- - Transaction Models for delivering music
- - Business model for publisher
- - Copyright ownership protection
- - Formats and models for distribution
- - Watermarking techniques for protecting music sheets and audio files
- - Music manipulation and Analysis
- - Music Excerpts, score and audio
- - Music and tools for impaired people
- - Publishers and distributors servers
- - Viewing and listening tools for music
- - Databases for institutions: publishers, conservatories, libraries, theatres, etc.
- - Music Education Techniques
- - Braille music and tools
- - Cataloguing Aspects and tools
- - Conversion aspects, techniques, quality, reliability and tools
- - Music Sheet Digitalisation, techniques, tools, quality
- - Music editing and manipulation
If you are interested in adding specific workshops and/or panels please contact
the general Chair.
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