This book comprehensively discusses the effects of digital technology on the way work is disseminated and the resulting challenges concerning the fair use of copyright. It also analyzes so-called fairness by examining theories on the system of fair use, demonstrating the “system changes that will be brought about by technological changes” from the perspective of economics, i.e., the problem of modification faced by the system of fair use of copyright.Exploring the nature and functi...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the workshop held in conjunction with the 28th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IJCAI 2019, held in Macao, China, in August 2019: the First International Workshop on Human Brain and Artificial Intelligence, HBAI 2019.The 24 full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions. The papers are organized according to the following topical headings: computational brain science and its applic...

Clarkesworld is a Hugo and World Fantasy Award-winning science fiction and fantasy magazine. Each month we bring you a mix of fiction, articles, interviews and art.Our May 2023 issue (#200) contains:* Original fiction by Naomi Kritzer ("Better Living Through Algorithms"), Harry Turtledove ("Through the Roof of the World"), Suzanne Palmer ("To Sail Beyond the Botnet"), Rich Larson ("LOL, Said the Scorpion"), Parker Ragland ("Sensation and Sensibility"), Megan Chee ("The Giant...

A New York Times Notable Book • Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction • A New York Times Bestseller • Named a Best Book of the Year by Smithsonian, Scientific American, and Elle • Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, NYPL Helen Bernstein Award, Whiting Award, Nautilus Book Award, and Porchlight Business Book Award“A bestselling page-turner that has made waves not just in ...

A century after the Martian war of independence, a group of kids are sent to Earth as delegates from Mars, but when they return home, they are caught between the two worlds, unable to reconcile the beauty and culture of Mars with their experiences on Earth in this thought-provoking science fiction novel from Hugo Award–winning author Hao Jingfang.This “masterful narrative” (Booklist, starred review) is set on Earth in the wake of a second civil war…not bet...

This book is the volume on “Chengdu” (成都), among a series of travel guides (“Fantastic China Travelling”) that introduce China's most famous tourist destinations. The book includes local overviews, introductions to major attractions, itinerary advice, local cuisines, local festivals, transportation, and other common travel tips. The book is detailed and vivid, and it helps travelers to China a lot.

"The bride is changing, I want to marry her!" Ben was at his cousin's wedding, but the groom called him by name on the spot. She fought to the death, but he forced her to kiss him. Why did Chi Tianye, a decisive businessman, need to use such a method to get a woman? However, three years ago, this girl had already lived in his heart.She had gotten her marriage certificate, and he couldn't wait any longer as he seized her body and mind. Zuo Xiao Qiu, if you dare to r...

In the autumn of 1962, a green train carried Lin Zhiyuan from the frozen fields of the Great Northern Wilderness to a small county town called Nanjiang. A Tsinghua graduate who had once worked in a central ministry, he was a man repeatedly dragged to the depths by his times—yet somehow, time and again, he found his footing in the cracks.At the counter of the county credit office, he processed one ordinary loan after another: draft oxen, grain rations, production equipment. Caught b...

"The bride is changing, I want to marry her!" Ben was at his cousin's wedding, but the groom called him by name on the spot. She fought to the death, but he forced her to kiss him. Why did Chi Tianye, a decisive businessman, need to use such a method to get a woman? However, three years ago, this girl had already lived in his heart.She had gotten her marriage certificate, and he couldn't wait any longer as he seized her body and mind. Zuo Xiao Qiu, if you dare to r...

A friendly illustrated guide to designing and implementing your first database.Grokking Relational Database Design makes the principles of designing relational databases approachable and engaging. Everything in this book is reinforced by hands-on exercises and examples.In Grokking Relational Database Design, you’ll learn how to:Query and create databases using Structured Query Language (SQL)Design databases from scr...

"The bride is changing, I want to marry her!" Ben was at his cousin's wedding, but the groom called him by name on the spot. She fought to the death, but he forced her to kiss him. Why did Chi Tianye, a decisive businessman, need to use such a method to get a woman? However, three years ago, this girl had already lived in his heart.She had gotten her marriage certificate, and he couldn't wait any longer as he seized her body and mind. Zuo Xiao Qiu, if you dare to r...

From the Hugo Award–winning author of Folding Beijing comes a gripping science fiction thriller in which three unlikely allies attempt a desperate mission of first contact with a mysterious alien race before more militaristic minds can take matters into their own hands.In a future where the world is roughly divided into two factions, the Pacific League of Nations and the Atlantic Division of Nations, tensions are high as each side waits fo...