Comments on: Google Reparations http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/11/01/google-reparations/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:24:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Why Personal Data Ownership Is So Important - [tmbchr]™ http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/11/01/google-reparations/comment-page-1/#comment-86782 Why Personal Data Ownership Is So Important - [tmbchr]™ Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:43:51 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/11/01/google-reparations/#comment-86782 [...] 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} [...] [...] 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} [...]

]]> By: Steve Mills http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/11/01/google-reparations/comment-page-1/#comment-86693 Steve Mills Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:53:17 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/11/01/google-reparations/#comment-86693 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 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

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/11/01/google-reparations/comment-page-1/#comment-86673 Tim Boucher Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:25:14 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2007/11/01/google-reparations/#comment-86673 http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2005/11/10/i-dont-use-the-internet-so-why-am-i-a-user/ http://gigaom.com/2005/11/06/amazoncom-harbinger-of-web-20-trends/ <blockquote>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?</blockquote> 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?

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