ns make the most of the web. Time Magazine's choice late last month of "You" (by which it meant all the users generating content on the web) as the person of the yeaThis review examines what impact web 2.0 type user generated content will have on business, providing links to some articles and a BBC Radio 4 podcast that discuss this issue.

The first article in this review of BBC articles on User Generated Content is this article by Professor Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa. An important recommendation Professor Geist makes on actions Government can take relating to improving access to public research is this - "the introduction of open access requirements for publicly-funded research". Other content of the article is -"Internet law professor Michael Geist describes how governments can help their citizens make the most of the web. Time Magazine's choice late last month of "You" (by which it meant all the users generating content on the web) as the person of the year

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The first article in this review of BBC articles on User Generated Content is this article by Professor Michael Geist of the University of Ottawa. An important recommendation Professor Geist makes on actions Government can take relating to improving access to public research is this - "the introduction of open access requirements for publicly-funded research". Other content of the article is -"Internet law professor Michael Geist describes how governments can help their citizens make the most of the web. Time Magazine's choice late last month of "You" (by which it meant all the users generating content on the web) as the person of the yea

important recommendation Professor Geist makes on actions Government can take relating to improving access to public research is this - "the introduction of open access requirements for publicly-funded research". Other content of the article is -"Internet law professor Michael Geist describes how governments can help their citizens make the most of the web. Time Magazine's choice late last month of "You" (by which it meant all the users generating content on the web) as the person of the yeaess requirements for publicly-funded research". Other content of the article is -"Internet law professor Michael Geist describes how governments can help their citizens make the most of the web. Time Magazine's choice late last month of "You" (by which it meant all the users generating content on the web) as the person of the yeans make the most of the web. Time Magazine's choice late last month of "You" (by which it meant all the users generating content on the web) as the person of the year was mocked by critics as a poor choice that by-passed several notable political leaders. Yet the choice may ultimately be viewed as the tipping point when the remarkable outbreak of internet participation that encompasses millions of bloggers, music remixers, amateur video creators, citizen journalists, wikipedians, and Flickr photographers broke into the mainstream." Professor Geist explains "the role of government will be to support the enormous economic and cultural potential of user-generated content, while avoiding steps that might impede its growth."

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