Copyright protection and management and a web based library for digital images of the Hellenic cultural heritage
Dimitrios K. Tsolis, George K. Tsolis, Eleftherios Karatzas, Theodore S. Papatheodorou · 2001
The main issue addressed in this paper is the design and implementation of an Advanced Digital Image Repository, which offers specialized services and a Dedicated User Interface for the protection and management of the Intellectual Property Rights of digitized material. In addition, another main research area of this contribution is the implementation of a Web Based Library, supported by advanced technologies, for the proper presentation of the digital cultural content. The work described in this contribution focuses on digitized material of the Hellenic Cultural Heritage. It has been carried out as part of the PRAXITELIS Project, which was presented during the Culture Track of the WWW9 Conference in Amsterdam [5]. This project is focusing on countering "electronic theft" and protecting the copyright of digital surrogates of photographs of artifacts, monuments and sites.