Sunday, August 2, 2009

week5

How do issues such as authorship, copyright and open access impact your desire, ability and willingness to engage in produsage, both personally and professionally?

To be honest in my opinion, the authorship/copyright is the most important and tough issue related to web 2.0. Since web2.0 emphasizes the collaboration and contribution from lots of members. Hence, how could the authorship be evaluated and determined?
Some non-professional websites will publish the contents which are contributed by the members without mentioning every member's name. It's also impossible to mention everyone. In these situations, I don't think the members', at least myself's desire will not be negatively influenced, because the publication does not have significantly affect on my life and work.

On the contrary, I do care about the authorship/copyright in the professional field. If I belong to a professional field, and my contribution in the outcome were not mentioned by the hosts, I will be upset and even sue them.

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