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User-Generated Content And The Future Of Copyright: Part One--Investiture Of Ownership, Steven Hetcher
User-Generated Content And The Future Of Copyright: Part One--Investiture Of Ownership, Steven Hetcher
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
While user-generated content (UGC) has been around for quite some time, the digital age has led to an explosion of new forms of UGC. Current UGC mega-sites, such as YouTube, Facebook, and MySpace, have given UGC a new level of significance, due to their ability to bring together large numbers of users to interact in new ways. The "user" in UGC generally refers to amateurs, but also includes professionals and amateurs aspiring to become professionals. "Generated" is synonymous with created, reflecting the inclusion of some minimal amount of creativity in the user's work. Finally, "content" refers to digital content, or …