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	****Congress must clarify how unions can organize and communicate in cyberspace in order to protect labor and management rights.		****Congress must clarify how unions can organize and communicate in cyberspace in order to protect labor and management rights.

	*Case study: Amazon's Mechanical Turk may violate employment/tax laws because the employee-employer ~~[http://besakart.com paykasa]~~ relationship is between the requester and the worker [http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-amazon-mechanical-turk-black-market.html]		*Case study: Amazon's Mechanical Turk may violate employment/tax laws because the employee-employer relationship is between the requester and the worker [http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-amazon-mechanical-turk-black-market.html]

	== Potential Difficult Problems in the Future ==		== Potential Difficult Problems in the Future ==

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	****Congress must clarify how unions can organize and communicate in cyberspace in order to protect labor and management rights.		****Congress must clarify how unions can organize and communicate in cyberspace in order to protect labor and management rights.

	*Case study: Amazon's Mechanical Turk may violate employment/tax laws because the employee-employer [http://~~www~~.~~paykasakartal.gen.tr~~ paykasa] relationship is between the requester and the worker [http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-amazon-mechanical-turk-black-market.html]		*Case study: Amazon's Mechanical Turk may violate employment/tax laws because the employee-employer [http://besakart.com paykasa] relationship is between the requester and the worker [http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-amazon-mechanical-turk-black-market.html]

	== Potential Difficult Problems in the Future ==		== Potential Difficult Problems in the Future ==

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	****Congress must clarify how unions can organize and communicate in cyberspace in order to protect labor and management rights.		****Congress must clarify how unions can organize and communicate in cyberspace in order to protect labor and management rights.

	*Case study: Amazon's Mechanical Turk may violate employment/tax laws because the employee-employer relationship is between the requester and the worker [http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-amazon-mechanical-turk-black-market.html]		*Case study: Amazon's Mechanical Turk may violate employment/tax laws because the employee-employer [http://www.paykasakartal.gen.tr paykasa] relationship is between the requester and the worker [http://behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com/2009/07/is-amazon-mechanical-turk-black-market.html]

	== Potential Difficult Problems in the Future ==		== Potential Difficult Problems in the Future ==

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	~~sw0dWV I am glad that your blog~~ is ~~constantly evolving~~. ~~Such posts only gain~~ in ~~popularity!.~~..		= What is Ubiquitous Human Computing? =

			Professor Zittrain provides an excellent overview of the emerging field of "Ubiquitous Human Computing" in a recent [http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10/asset/ssrn-id1140445-pdf paper]. For the purposes of this course, focus on the paper's discussion of "fungible networked brainpower" as exemplified by Amazon Mechanical Turk, LiveOps and InnoCentive. Alternatively, these core ideas are expressed in video form [http://bigthink.com/jonathanzittrain/the-long-and-silent-subway-ride-of-the-future here].

	= The Current Services =		= The Current Services =

78.188.115.231: sw0dWV I am glad that your blog is constantly evolving. Such posts only gain in popularity!...

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sw0dWV I am glad that your blog is constantly evolving. Such posts only gain in popularity!...

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	~~= What~~ is ~~Ubiquitous Human Computing? =~~		sw0dWV I am glad that your blog is constantly evolving. Such posts only gain in popularity!...

	~~Professor Zittrain provides an excellent overview of the emerging field of "Ubiquitous Human Computing"~~ in a recent [http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10/asset/ssrn-id1140445-pdf paper]. For the purposes of this course, focus on the paper's discussion of "fungible networked brainpower" as exemplified by Amazon Mechanical Turk, LiveOps and InnoCentive. ~~Alternatively, these core ideas are expressed in video form [http://bigthink~~.~~com/jonathanzittrain/the-long-and-silent-subway-ride-of-the-future here]~~.

	= The Current Services =		= The Current Services =

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+*<b>American Business Law Journal: The Information Revolution and its Impact on the Employment Relationship: An Analysis of the Cyberspace Workplace</b>

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New page: = What is Ubiquitous Human Computing? = Professor Zittrain provides an excellent overview of the emerging field of "Ubiquitous Human Computing" in a recent [http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter...

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= What is Ubiquitous Human Computing? =

Professor Zittrain provides an excellent overview of the emerging field of "Ubiquitous Human Computing" in a recent [http://drop.io/cyberlaw_winter10/asset/ssrn-id1140445-pdf paper]. For the purposes of this course, focus on the paper's discussion of "fungible networked brainpower" as exemplified by Amazon Mechanical Turk, LiveOps and InnoCentive. Alternatively, these core ideas are expressed in video form [http://bigthink.com/jonathanzittrain/the-long-and-silent-subway-ride-of-the-future here].

= The Current Services =

== Amazon Mechanical Turk ==

Amazon's Mechanical Turk (AMT) [http://www.mturk.com/mturk/welcome product] is the simplest ubiquitous human computing model currently available. It provides a marketplace for "Human Intelligence Tasks" (HITs), which are typically large collections of simple and repetitive tasks that nonetheless require a human mind to complete. The HITs are necessarily limited in scope because their maximum price is $10.

== LiveOps ==

LiveOps's [http://www.liveops.com marketplace] is a step up from AMT because it carefully selects those that can perform tasks. Out of 3500 candidates to become a LiveOps worker each week, LiveOps only selects 50-75 after a test and an interview.

Patrick McKenna, founder of LiveOps but no longer with the company, has outlined what he believes draws each party to LiveOps. Workers desire (1) access to work, (2) control over their own work schedules, and (3) independance. McKenna believes that the most important factor to workers in their schedule flexibility. Also very important to the worker is the lack of setup and takedown time - there is no LiveOps equivalent to the unpaid commute to and from work. There is also no LiveOps equivalent to the real-world workplace expenses of gas, work clothes and workplace eating. McKenna believes that the average LiveOps worker make $9 an hour, but that this amount is equivalent to earning $16/hour in a job involving the aforementioned expenses.

McKenna believes that work providers are drawn to LiveOps primarily because of its flexibility and capacity to maximize productivity from their workers. Work providers are also able to avoid costs associated with the real-world workplace - office space, setup and takedown time, etc. - LiveOps employers only pay for work when it is actually being done. The flexibility offered by LiveOps allows for work providers to quickly vary the size of their workforce - they do not need to keep a "reserve" of employees that are paid with no work to do in order to handle spikes in workforce needs.

== InnoCentive ==

InnoCentive's [http://www.innocentive.com/ marketplace] is again a step up from LiveOps in terms of complexity of its tasks and skills needed to complete them. InnoCentive's asks its workers to solve minor scientific problems posed by its work suppliers. InnoCentive offers its workers large awards, including awards of $1,000,000 for some solutions. InnoCentive refers to its work providers and workers as "seekers" and "solvers", respectively.

= The Difficult Issues =

== Present-Day Doctrinal Issues ==

== Future Issues ==