Abstract
Transformation in nature is permanent. The course of mankind on the planet is no exception. If not for any other reason, only for man’s natural inclination and tendency to adapt to the environment, but also to adapt the environment to his needs. Yet, both the pace and the amplitude of changes in the social environment in recent years is unprecedented in our history, technical development playing a leading role in the construction of this new reality with its capability of penetrating in substantially all domains of human activity as an external source of impact.
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Notes
- 1.
Castells (2006), Chapter I, p. 57.
- 2.
Ibid., pp. 1–3.
- 3.
The Network Society From Knowledge to Policy Edited by Manuel Castells, Chapter I, Manuel Castells, p. 4.
- 4.
Lucchi (2006), p. 35.
- 5.
Ibid., p. 13.
- 6.
Weiser (2001).
- 7.
Weiser and Brown (1995) describe calm technology as “that which informs but doesn't demand our focus or attention”.
- 8.
Directive 2014/26/EU, expressly recognizes, in (39) that, “in an era of online exploitation of musical works, commercial users need a licensing policy that corresponds to the ubiquity of the online environment and is multi-territorial”.
- 9.
Lopez-Tarruella (2012), p. 345.
- 10.
Samuelson (1990), p. 324.
- 11.
- 12.
Ibid.
- 13.
King (2014).
- 14.
Benkler (2006).
- 15.
Ibid., p. 14.
- 16.
Ibid., p. 9.
- 17.
Lopez-Tarruella (2012), p. 346.
- 18.
Dolgin (2012).
- 19.
Lopez-Tarruella (2012), p. 13.
- 20.
Latham and Sassen (2005).
- 21.
Whish and Bailey (2014), p. 2.
- 22.
Krikorian and Kapczynski (2010), p. 219.
- 23.
OECD (2010), p. 188.
- 24.
- 25.
The Economist, Airbnb versus hotels Room for all, for now—But there are signs that the sharing site is starting to threaten budget hotels. Apr 26th 2014 | New York | From the print edition http://www.economist.com/news/business/21601259-there-are-signs-sharing-site-starting-threaten-budget-hotels-room-all Accessed in August 5th 2014.
- 26.
Schlesinger and Doyle (2014).
- 27.
Committee on Intellectual Property Rights and the Emerging Information Infra-structure, National Research Council (2000).
- 28.
Lucchi (2006), p. 140.
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