Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Week 2 Blog Post (IST 195)


            When creating a social networking site like sitesandsounds.com, it is important to consider the different aspects of privacy. Much like Facebook, Twitter, and other social media outlets, sitesandsounds.com will allow people to share personal information about themselves, their music interests, their original songs, and the locations of their future gigs. In order to prevent this personal information from being available to everyone and from getting into the wrong hands, sitesandsounds.com will have comprehensive privacy settings, which will allow users to customize their privacy to their own liking.
            Those who join sitesandsounds.com will have the ability to set up their profile to their liking, much like a blog – they can choose their own fonts, backgrounds, colors, layout, etc., but most importantly, they will have the option of choosing who gets to view their profile and what each person specifically gets to see on and related to their profile. People will be able to request to view other’s profiles if they are a friend, family member, or simply just someone interested in that person’s music. That person then gets to accept or deny the person upon their choosing. On the other hand, sitesandsounds.com will have general groups pertaining to certain music genres, events, industries, or artists that any member can join in order to find people with common interests or even possible job opportunities.
            A significant component of this website will be the ability to copyright original songs and music. Members of sitesandsounds.com can pay an inexpensive annual fee to the website, which will allow them to officially copyright their own music so that they do not have to deal with others stealing their ideas, melodies, lyrics, and overall compositions. Being a social networking site geared towards singer-songwriters, it is crucial that sitesandsounds.com gives its members and users the ability to copyright their own music. 

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