So many websites in the 21st Century have become free source,maybe its the manufacturers accepting that whether there are copyright laws put in place,we can still get around them.For example,music download.Musicians plea to their audiences to ensure that they buy their music rather than illegally downloading their albums for free.But in an economic state that we are living in,does the average working person opt for the free 'illegal' download or to log onto their Itunes account to purchase an album which would isn't even a hardcopy.
Facebook,the biggest social networking site of today.But why? is it because it is an Open source,whereby the target audience don't have to pay to access or use the site or is it just mainly down to the convenience that 1 in 4 people state that they communicate more online than they do in person.It seems in the way in which we live our lives in the 21st Century that technology has taken over our ability of communication.From the simple ways of communication from talking to a friend to automatically picking up your phone and texting,technology has adapted us into being dependent on them.
Have you ever read the small print on your facebook page,and when you upload that drunken picture of your best friend on a night out,is that picture still infact yours by the time that little bar reaches 100%?
The answer is NO!
Facebook states, 'You retain the copyright to your content. When you upload your content you grant us a license to use and display your content. For more information please visit our Terms of Use, which contain a link to our Copyright Policy and other important information about your privileges and responsibilities as a Facebook user.' (www.broadstuff.com)
This basically states in simple terms that when you put information and pictures on the internet,the internet owns it.For example,if you put your name into google images,there will at least be a picture of you from your Facebook account.This is mainly down to the fact that Facebook and being the biggest social networking site,there could potentially be a few.
(www.geekologie.com)
But wherever there is a great invention there are always faults,in softwares case this is bugs and viruses.Microsoft is the most used software in the competing world,but if its so popular with the audience then why is there still hackers picking away at the genius invention to corrupt files.and with the increasing likability of Apple,But why are macs so immune from these viruses?
Richard Stallman stated a great quote in defining what free source really is,to the concept that free source is like free speech not free beer? This pinpoints the main aspiration of Stallman in the ways in which he speaks about free source,that the industry of competing is just money hungry.With the exceeding costs of Microsoft Word costing around £80,which is hardly a small cost to students.But this is where free source comes in,with the ability to access software with just a click of a button.
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