Posted on 31 January 2008 by r
Dan Gillmor on the Center for Citizen Media blog writes about the good and bad about online group-based participation.
The good happens when community is created and supported:
People do things for many reasons, but it’s always about getting something of value back. The value may be a psychic reward of doing something good for someone else. [...]
Filed under: economic analysis, political economy | 1 Comment »
Posted on 29 January 2008 by r
Which of these is acceptable under copyright law? Republishing books when their authors are almost definitively dead to save a dying culture? Publishing collections of unpublished ephemera, such as love letters and candid photos when the creators are unknown? Ensuring that historic sound recordings are preserved? Or repurposing the writings of a dead author to [...]
Filed under: Cultural appropriation, copyright, cultural ownership, intellectual property | No Comments »
Posted on 18 January 2008 by r
So what possibly could romance novels featuring awkwardly-smooth-talking fictional Native Americans, plagiary, fans, and black-footed ferrets have in common? One bizarre detective story by a group of go-getter romance novel fans on the blog, Smart Bitches, Trashy Books! In an extensive investigation of the writings of Cassie Edwards, our intrepid detectives found many instances of [...]
Filed under: attribution, cute animals, fan labor, fangirl, fans, plagiary, romance novel | 1 Comment »
Posted on 18 January 2008 by kdccdk
So the Interwebz’ collective panties are in a twist as a result of a recent study that says essentially that MySpace still rules (and I mean significantly) when it comes to web traffic, despite Facebook’s dominance in the media.
Traffic analysts Hitwise released numbers today indicating that things are not as they might seem. Apparently, all [...]
Filed under: facebook, social networking | 1 Comment »
Posted on 16 January 2008 by kdccdk
So … did ya watch the 60 Minutes interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Sunday night? You didn’t? Well that makes you, me and a few million other people, since it brought 60 Minutes its lowest ratings of the year thus far. Big surprise? Not really. I don’t think most casual users care so [...]
Filed under: facebook, marketing, privacy, social networking | No Comments »
