Multimedia Resources Unit

2001

most recent engagements include rendering advice on a wide range of digital media, intellectual property ("IP"), electronic commerce, and other matters relating to the use of the Internet. Mr. Cunard represents companies interested in the availability of music and motion pictures in new digital media, as well as providers of online services and companies on computer software-related matters. He helps both vendors and customers in structuring, drafting, and resolving disputes involved in computer software development, licensing arrangements, and outsourcing transactions. Martin Garbus is a founding partner of Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz. Mr. Garbus has represented major book publishers, movie companies, and media conglomerates in the United States and abroad in commercial and media actions, as well as major new media entities, Internet companies, networks, and cable television and radio industries. As part of his communications and IP practices, he has represented Salman Rushdie's publishers; actors, including Spike Lee, Al Pacino, Richard Gere, and Robert Redford; and well-known political dissidents, such as Vaclav Havel, Nelson Mandela, and Anatoly Sakharov. Mr. Garbus has also served as a consultant on media and communications in Canada, England, Australia, and the former Soviet Union. Mr. Garbus was lead counsel on behalf of 2600 Magazine in a DeCSS 1 case tried this past summer before the Southern District. 2 Edward Hernstadt is an associate at Frankfurt, Garbus, Kein & Selz and focuses on media and the First Amendment, discrimination/Title VII law, including civil litigation, entertainment litigation, and IP law. Along with Mr. Garbus, Mr. Hernstadt litigated on behalf of 2600 Magazine against the Motion Picture Association of America. 3 Leonard Rubin is a partner with the Chicago firm of Gordon & Glickson, which concentrates its practice in information technology 1 DeCSS is a software utility that descrambles the CSS (an acronym for "Content Scramble System") copy protection system; see Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Reimerdes, 82 F. Supp. 2d 211, 214 (S.D.N.Y. 2000) [herinafter Reimerdes I].

E3S Web of Conferences

The article describes methods for increasing the contrast of images in video information systems, the main compression of the video stream is provided by eliminating inter-frame redundancy using methods for compensating the movement of image fragments of adjacent frames. However, the use of motion compensation methods requires the formation of additional data (metadata) containing information about the types of image blocks used, their movement coordinates, etc. At the same time, in order to increase the compression of the video stream without sacrificing its quality, a higher accuracy of motion compensation is required, which leads to an increase in the number of blocks and, accordingly, an increase in the volume of the video stream metadata that reduces the effectiveness of motion compensation. This is the main problem of compressing streaming video without compromising image quality. In addition, higher positioning accuracy of blocks with motion compensation dramatically reduces ...

2002

ED475956 - Analog and Digital Video Production Techniquest in Media Literacy Education.

2002

The American journal of social science and education innovations, 2020

This article provides the basics of creating and using an interactive electronic training course based on multimedia technologies. The article emphasizes the need to use interactive e-learning courses, how to create interactive e-learning courses and procedures in the learning process, and lecture sessions.

Becta is the Government's key partner in the strategic development and delivery of its information and communications technology (ICT) and e-learning strategy for schools and the learning and skills sectors.