Added Value of participant contributions
From the Web 2.0 article written by Tim O’Reilly that I mentioned in an earlier post, the author makes the following point:
A further point must be noted with regard to data, and that is user concerns about privacy and their rights to their own data. In many of the early web applications, copyright is only loosely enforced. For example, Amazon lays claim to any reviews submitted to the site, but in the absence of enforcement, people may repost the same review elsewhere. However, as companies begin to realize that control over data may be their chief source of competitive advantage, we may see heightened attempts at control.
On the other hand, as “participants”, aka, consumers, begin to realize the value of having control over content they create in the form of comments and reviews, we may see heightened attempts by the consumer to recieve reciprocal remuneration for supplying valuable content.
Maybe thinking such as that will not be widespread until Web 3.0, but I’m already there.