On 18/04/2013 3:20 PM, Jan Whitaker wrote: > At 02:52 PM 18/04/2013, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote: >> When ProfHacker creates a fictional story on-line and then others add to >> it, seemingly done in ProfHacker's name, who owns what? >> >> Ownership in the digital universe is problematic, to say the least. > I think that's what a mash-up is -- multiple creators in a digital > environment. But you could ask the same question of a standard news > article with multiple editors between the original journo and the > final result.
In this context, ownership is only important when assessing risk and/or trust. In the case of a newspaper, the editor "owns" the content, so I give the content a certain credibility and trust. If I read something on Reddit or Hacker News I don't know its ownership so I greatly decrease its credibility and trust. I'm more inclined to check sources for these reports than for newspaper reports. Linking this subject to another thread... I trust our currency (owned by the Australian government) much more than I would trust Bitcoin (owned by whom? with what credibility?). -- Regards brd Bernard Robertson-Dunn Sydney Australia email: [email protected] web: www.drbrd.com web: www.problemsfirst.com Blog: www.problemsfirst.com/blog _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
