Google Reparations

“Scoble has finally figured out that user generated content is another way of saying (digital) slave generated content.”

DEMAND YOUR

Write to your local congressman and Senator!

[Graphic created at http://googlefont.com/, an automated pay-what-its-worth microservice, part of the business model of the future.]

i demand back pay from all the companies benefiting financially off my content!

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3 Reader Responses

1. Tim Boucher Says:
   November 1st, 2007 at 2:25 am

   http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2005/1...-use-the-internet-so-why-am-i-a-user/
   http://gigaom.com/2005/11/06/amazoncom-harbinger-of-web-20-trends/

   I think their whole Mechanical Turk effort could be the first step towards a world where a compensation scheme is put in place for “user generated content.” Sure for now its only a couple of pennies, but its a start and better than other who are simply freeloading off the backs of their digital slaves… oops I meant, community. Just something to keep in mind.. eh?

2. Steve Mills Says:
   November 1st, 2007 at 5:53 pm

   As more and more people start to wake up to the potential of earning a little bit of cash for their individual creative efforts, I also think they will wake up to the idea that If I post my individual, creative thoughts on a large corporate site or “community”, I am basically giving my idea away for free.

   Which can be good or bad…. i think the jury is out on that at the moment

3. Why Personal Data Ownership Is So Important - [tmbchr]™ Says:
   November 5th, 2007 at 4:43 pm

   […] In other words, we are trading information about us for the ability to do something with that information. This is pretty much the crux of all web business models - with some notable exceptions, perhaps. What few of us are thinking about now is: what does our information allow the companies to which we’re giving control of it to do? In most cases, the answer is simply data-mining. They can sell patterns derived from your activity (and that of your friends) to whomever they please. And you get NO compensation for this. {See also slave labor} […]