A blogged review of "Comments and Ethics"

"Comments and Ethics" was written by Andris Reinman and Raul Reiska, under the GPL v3 licence, using the code.google.com wiki environment. The team paper can be found at: http://code.google.com/p/ethicsandlawinnewmedia/wiki/MainPage

Since the team consisted of only two people, some concessions regarding the length of the paper were expected. Although the length of the paper was expected to be in accordance with the number of the team members (and it was), in-depth analysis was still expected.

The first positive thing about the team paper involved the clear distinction of producing text under a specific licence (General Public Licence version 3). The use of local and region specific materials was also well received. Since Estonia has a good history regarding freedom of the speech in online media, the analysis was valid and spoken for.

The paper had less structure than expected, there were two individual contributions rather than a single team paper. Although, it's not necessarily a bad thing. Since the team consisted of only two members, it was easier to evaluate individual contributions this way. There was very little evidence to support the fact of cooperation.

The fist contributor, Andris Reinman, wrote about "anonymous bashing" and excelled in creating a decent overview on the said topic. Although, some of the translations were a bit raw or even missing. The contribution was good, but it would be a bit hard to understand if one is not from Estonia (e.g. "Delfi eelnõu" was not translated, but only explained).

The second contributor, Raul Reiska, wrote about "the internet phenomenon" also known as meme. Although the data presented in the contribution is correct and interesting, it's hard to see how it relates to the topic at hand.

In conclusion, the contributions were worth reading and the authors have done their part, but some additional cooperation among the team members would have resulted in a better team paper.