Collaboration and Copyright

Today we talked about online collaboration and sharing, as well as copyright--both traditional copyright and creative commons copyright.

Why do you think people post their creative works online when they know that people might "steal" them?

Do you think it's right for large companies to be able to pull videos, etc. from the Internet, even though they might fall under fair use (as described in the Disney video we watched)? By pulling these derivative works (even though they may use copyright-protected materials as a base) are these large companies infringing on the new creator's rights?

RSS

As we discussed, RSS makes it easy for information to come to you, rather than you having to go out and look for information. However, often when you go out looking for information you also find other stories/facts. Does having information come to you (instead of going out and looking for it) mean that people are limiting themselves to only certain types of information? Could there be negative consequences to limiting yourself in this way?

To wiki or not to wiki?

You've now all had the experience of adding to and/or creating your own wiki site. What did you like/dislike about the experience? Could you see yourself using a wiki again? For what purpose?

Please feel free to comment on what your classmates have written as well. There is also a follow-up question to the blog about Web 2.0 that I would like you to respond to.

Wiki's are very useful

wiki's are mostly used for organization for multiple people. it is a easy way to make a web page, that can be changed and rearranged in a min. wiki's are easier than 011000100110100101101110011000010111001001111001 and html.

Web 2.0--Is it a good thing?

As we discussed today, one of the main things that makes Web 2.0 different is that it's now very easy for anyone to add content to the web. You don't need to know how to write code in order to create a webpage, or a blog, or post pictures and video of your cat doing adorable things.

Do you think this is always a good thing? What are the positives to people being able to easily share information? Are there downsides to everyone being able to so easily share and post information? How would your life be different if you didn't have some of the Web 2.0 tools we use so often?

Please post a response; I encourage you to respond to or expand upon the comments your classmates have made.

First Blog

This is the first blog from the students. This be test

Please try commenting

Hello class. Please add a comment to this post just so you can see how it works.