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1. What is Open Content? <br> | 1. What is Open Content? <br> | ||
Open content, coined by analogy with "open source" (though technically it is actually share-alike with no non commercial prohibition), describes any kind of creative work including articles, pictures, audio, and video that is published in a format that explicitly allows the copying of the information. Content can be either in the public domain or under a license like the GNU Free Documentation License. "Open content" is also sometimes used to describe content that can be modified by anyone; there is no closed group, like a commercial encyclopedia publisher, responsible for all the editing. | |||
2. How do we currently deal with the problems of intellectual property of open content? <br> | 2. How do we currently deal with the problems of intellectual property of open content? <br> | ||
3. Describe the problem of Intellectual Property of Open Content in a WEB 2.0 environment. <br> | 3. Describe the problem of Intellectual Property of Open Content in a WEB 2.0 environment. <br> | ||
Revision as of 14:39, 21 March 2006
Research questions
1. What is Open Content?
Open content, coined by analogy with "open source" (though technically it is actually share-alike with no non commercial prohibition), describes any kind of creative work including articles, pictures, audio, and video that is published in a format that explicitly allows the copying of the information. Content can be either in the public domain or under a license like the GNU Free Documentation License. "Open content" is also sometimes used to describe content that can be modified by anyone; there is no closed group, like a commercial encyclopedia publisher, responsible for all the editing.
2. How do we currently deal with the problems of intellectual property of open content?
3. Describe the problem of Intellectual Property of Open Content in a WEB 2.0 environment.
4. What will be a good solution for this problem?
Driving Forces
Technological
- Peer to peer file sharing, such as BitTorrent, Emule
Societal
- Sharing spirit
- Contribution: MIT open course ware
"This project is a systematic study of why and how it makes sense for commercial companies and noncommercial institutions active in culture, education, and media to make certain materials widely available for free—and also how free services are morphing into commercial companies while retaining their peer-to-peer quality. "
- Changing of lifestyle: people spend more time on the internet====Economical====
- Books are becoming more and more expensive
references
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_content