Corporate Dominance leads to Angry Users of CGM

There may be a trend forming, when a corporation (with its conservative policy) aquires a start-up the start-up usually has to conform to its new owner. Recently, News Corp. has begun to regulate its social networking site MySpace more, according to a MarketingVox article.

MySpace was designed to provide a community for users to share information whether by way of blogs or music videos; it was meant to provide open communication. Many users have begun throwing around the First Amendment like it was a hacky sack.

Users must realize that there is a balancing act between protecting the company from copyright infringement, which can happen all to readily on a user generated site and allowing users the ability to express themselves freely. As technology becomes more advanced users need to understand the benefits and drawbacks. Let the corporations do what they need to because in the long run it's better for users as a whole.