With the increase in demand of Web 2.0 technologies over the Internet, the amount of people involvement increases. What I mean about it is that people are more free to download AND upload things in the Internet that can be used by others. I came across this PDF file when I was browsing for Web 2.0, and it shows that indeed piracy is a major issue with Web 2.0. I’ve never realized it until now. We constantly download mp3 files and emulated games and such from the Internet, disregarding the fact that it is indeed causing much copyright infringement, thus harming our industries. Miles Metcalfe shows this in his simple powerpoint style article on this site:
http://info.rsc-eastern.ac.uk/files/events/_972_JISC-RSC_Legal-Issues.pdf
Check it out, and see where piracy stands in Web 2.0.
