Is A Lot Of User-Generated Content 'Appropriated'?

"The widely-used and much reviled term “user-generated content” implies that somebody is making something," writes Scott Karp over at Publishing 2.0. "But the dirty little secret of “user-generated” sites like YouTube and MySpace is that much of the content is not made by the users themselves — it’s appropriated from someone else," he adds.

He has a point there. To read more, see "A Lot of User-Generated Content Is Really User-Appropriated Content.

Technorati tags: User-Generated Content, Scott Karp, Publishing 2.0, YouTube, MySpace