It amazes me how the term Web2.0 has come to favor. I suppose Dot Com 2.0 didn’t have the marketing power as “Web 2.0â€. It is only Jargon, which is completely irrelevant to the copyright issue.
As a developer I have been adding audio and video to websites for over 10 years. And there have been sites in the past that have allowed users to share content, ever since the very first Bulletin Board. The core idea of the internet is about sharing, without it there would be no internet.
It is the increase internet speeds, connectivity and power of Javascript that gives us “Web 2.0â€. It is an evolutionary step to truly convergent media (blend of the internet and traditional media).
In the similar way, the current copyright laws are only one step. The current laws are like an infant; messy, lazy with no teeth. Unless you have millions of dollars to take on another company with millions of dollars, you don’t have much of a fighting chance.
With convergence media on the horizon, hopefully plans are a foot for Privacy laws to also evolve. But only a global agreement will protect the creators of content and the sites they delivered from.
Artilce: Copyright laws caught in the web By Dr Matthew Rimmer
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