Leading on from the lecture on online privacy & social networking....Who owns the content you put on the internet on various sites? This includes pictures, video, text, etc? Think about all the content you upload onto social networking sites - Do you own it? Who has the right to use your creations?
I think we like to think that we own it, it is after all our thoughts, memories, ideas, photos and videos, it is our choice to put it on the internet. BUT to refer back to the lecture, how do these big business's make their money?...are we working for them? Are they selling our information to the highest bidder? If they are using our information to make money maybe they own the content we so willingly upload. I think we own our personal information, but as soon as we willingly upload content to the internet without using copyright or other means of protection we are basically giving it away.
I think we like to think that we own it, it is after all our thoughts, memories, ideas, photos and videos, it is our choice to put it on the internet. BUT to refer back to the lecture, how do these big business's make their money?...are we working for them? Are they selling our information to the highest bidder? If they are using our information to make money maybe they own the content we so willingly upload. I think we own our personal information, but as soon as we willingly upload content to the internet without using copyright or other means of protection we are basically giving it away.
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