It's obviously a statement on the privatization of (all) information on the web. When everyone is deep mining social interactions, why shouldn't we get a piece

It's obviously a statement on the privatization of (all) information on the web. When everyone is deep mining social interactions, why shouldn't we get a piece of the pie, since we're the ones doing all the work? Especially this day where a lot of people are so "career-focused" anything and everything is a chance to coopt or "get a head of the curve" of any perceived or actual value.