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==Driving Forces== | ==Driving Forces== | ||
====Technological==== | ====Technological==== | ||
* Peer to peer file sharing, such as BitTorrent, Emule | * Peer to peer file sharing, such as BitTorrent, Emule Casey | ||
====Societal==== | ====Societal==== | ||
* Sharing spirit | * Sharing spirit Aarti | ||
* Contribution: MIT open course ware | * Contribution: MIT open course ware Aarti | ||
"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. " | "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 | * Changing of lifestyle: people spend more time on the internet Ashwina | ||
====Economical==== | ====Economical==== | ||
* Books are becoming more and more expensive | * Books are becoming more and more expensive Ashwina | ||
'''references'''<br> | '''references'''<br> | ||
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_content<br> | 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_content<br> | ||
Revision as of 12:49, 20 March 2006
Research questions
1. What is Open Content?
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 Casey
Societal
- Sharing spirit Aarti
- Contribution: MIT open course ware Aarti
"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 Ashwina
Economical
- Books are becoming more and more expensive Ashwina
references
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_content