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DelaneyParrish |
Question Formation and Analysis 3
Sep 22 2008, 4:35 PM EDT
On page 49, Solove suggests that the internet might eventually render our reputations more or less obsolete. He suggests that the internet might dissolve social norms, forcing the public to accept one another despite the presence of personal "warts" in the public sphere. However, he also suggests that the internet might instead produce overwhelming numbers of civilian social-norm police, which would only restrict our individual freedom in both our personal and public lives. If this second option becomes a reality, is it likely that people will come to fear the internet so much that its use will eventually dwindle?On page 47 Solove mentions that the family of Star Wars Kid sued the other students who uploaded the original video. As youtube becomes more popular, and internet videos become more commonplace, might such lawsuits eventually be understood as innappropriate? Will video of individuals eventually come to be considered public property if discovered or produced in a "public" environment (such as a video made on a campus at a public university)? Should we, as public consumers of news media, be concerned that editors of respected news venues search internet blogs for story ideas? Does this mean that "the news" is quickly becoming less about legitimate, non-bias reporting and more about what people want to hear? Will topics on gossip blogs become the "legitimate" news of the future? (Solove, 20) Do you find this valuable?
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kmak1 |
1. RE: Question Formation and Analysis 3
Sep 25 2008, 9:08 AM EDT
Your second question poses several valid points regarding the nature of online material as "property," and restrictions applying to ownership rights and usage. Internet law is a vastly growing field, based exactly on those questions. In the case of the 'Star Wars Kid,' it's tricky to decide whether material produced on public university grounds is technically accessible to the general public, particularly students. Since the video was not made for educational purposes, it may not fall under copyright protection granted to university materials otherwise. The broader question in this kid's situation, though, must be of responsibility--if the kid left his video behind, did he indirectly give anyone the right to use it as they pleased? If he could make no security claim to this "property," were the people who uploaded his video making a breach on school property? In situations of online theft (or non-theft, as the breach of property right is unclear), there seem to be giant loopholes for the "offenders," because of the uncertain consequences of posting a video on, for instance, youtube, without permission from whoever originally made it. On a public level, consequences emerge based on people's reactions to the act. As privay and reputation concerns grow, such matters may be regulated under a stronger legal framework, instead of just by public online commentators. Do you find this valuable? |
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kmak1 |
2. RE: Question Formation and Analysis 3
Sep 25 2008, 9:22 AM EDT
Your third questions presents a genuine concern, in a world where bloggers appear to increase every day and everywhere. Audiences are key. Bloggers write to their friends, to people with a common interest, to people with similar problems, or, probably in the case of your question, to a general public. Often it is other bloggers who read and respond to these writers, but the "population" is probably too broad to define. The issue of credibility, more than anything, would separate this population, from one that relies on newspapers and traditional media for information coverage. As time passes, networks may devote a brief section of their coverage to text and video bloggers (which CNN does on a brief level already). This coverage may, however, be limited as the "opinion" section of broadcast news. Posting blogs is easy, and mostly free. There are no requirements to becoming a blogger, much more than being able to read, type, and connect to the internet. News networks invest education, money, time, marketing devices, and the resources of their office into publishing stories for the public. It may be impossible to replace networks with bloggers--however the inclusion of "gossip" and every day events may be finding platform in the form of human interest stories. Again, these issues are widespread over blogs, because a blogger loses no resources by publishing it. News networks have their money on the line.
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