Web 2.0 Collides With E-Discovery

Web 2.0 Collides With E-Discovery
30 05 2008
By Dan Regard & Tom Matzen, Law Technology News
You have received a document request from opposing counsel. Among the various items of calendar entries and e-mails requested is a request for “Any and all social networking or business networking information related to the key player(s).”
This raises questions of what is in scope, where is it, how much is enough, and who is responsible for producing it? Welcome to the collision between Web 2.0 and electronic data discovery.
Internet entrepreneurs who went through the boom and bust of the dot-com era are rapidly rolling out new tools, new software and new services under the moniker of Web 2.0. You are not alone if a definition of Web 2.0 eludes you. It may best be defined in reference to that which was before: Web 1.0.
Web 1.0 is a “one to many” link between users and data, where users are connected to information silos via the Internet conduit.
Users surf the Web to gain access to these collections of content. As a general rule, they do not deposit personal or corporate information or do so only in widely dispersed and unmanaged fashions. Some Web 1.0 examples are Barnes & Noble and Encyclopedia Britannica.
The Web as a Platform
Web 2.0 is defined as a trend in Web technology aimed at facilitating information sharing and collaboration among users by using the Internet as a platform.
In short, Web 2.0 services promote network effects from user contributions creating a far-reaching collective intelligence.
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