Date archives "November 2006"

Default P2P Governance P2P Hierarchy Theory P2P Public Policy P2P Theory Peer Property Politics

Debate on democracy and peer governance, part 2, the role of the state

1 Comment read

In yesterday’s submission, Erik Douglas described four pillars of democracy. He here continues his contribution with a focus on the issue of the state in a p2p-inspired society. 1.      Is a State Necessary at all? I assume a minimal model of the state here, but it is not self-evident whether any kind of state… Continue reading →

Default P2P Public Policy P2P Technology Peer Property

Can there be good DRM? Martin Springer comments on Benjamin Mako Hill

No Comment read

Re-blogged from Martin Springer: In is blog article (Dare to DReaM ?) Benjamin Mako Hill names two reasons why DRM enforcement of Creative Commons licenses is a bad thing: But DReaM enforcement of CC licenses is a bad thing and the bad taste that it inevitably leaves in many commoners mouths is not hard to… Continue reading →

Default P2P Education P2P Epistemology P2P Theory

Book of the Week: George Siemens’ Knowing Knowledge (1)

1 Comment read

Knowing Knowledge is one of the first books about the peer to peer induced epistemological revolution, i.e. the deep changes in how we learn and exchange knowledge. The book is available at http://www.knowingknowledge.com/ Presentation of the topic George Siemens introduces his book as follows: “Knowledge is changing. It develops faster, it changes more quickly, and… Continue reading →

Default P2P Governance P2P Manufacturing P2P Theory Politics

Debate: Democracy and peer governance, part one: The Four Pillars of Democracy

1 Comment read

We received a most interesting contribution by Erik Douglas, on the important issue of the interplay between autonomous and non-representational direct peer governance, and the institutions and practices of representative democracy. In this first contribution, Erik attempts a definition of the ‘pillars of democracy’. Text by Erik Douglas: P2P x 4PoD = ? (or the… Continue reading →

Cognitive Capitalism Default Economy and Business P2P Public Policy

Broadband: regulation vs. free market approaches

No Comment read

China, with its highly regulated market, does better at ADSL penetration than free market alternatives such as the U.S., argues this blog entry. “China will soon pass the U.S. as the country with the most broadband users, probably mid-2007 at 55 million to 60 million. Almost all is DSL. China Telecom’s 23.5 million subscribers are… Continue reading →

Default P2P Public Policy P2P Science

Access to essential medecines from university research

No Comment read

The Universities Allied for Essential Medecines is a student-led movement that has recently obtained wide support (including from Nobel laureates) for a declaration that supports the availability of medicines that results from academic research, for those that need them in the developing world. ” UAEM’s launch also kicks off a national signature drive. The Philadelphia… Continue reading →

Anti-P2P Cognitive Capitalism Default P2P Public Policy Peer Property

The Enclosures of the Seed Commons

No Comment read

Re-blogged from On the Commons: Jonathan Rowe writes: “In Indonesia, small-scale corn farmers have been hauled into court for exercising their traditional right to produce their own seeds.  The facts of the cases are somewhat complicated.  But according to a report in Grain  the story basically is as follows. In one case, a farmer by… Continue reading →

Commons Default Gift Economies Open Content P2P Art and Culture Peer Property Social Media

From the private right to copy to the right to share

No Comment read

The BBC reports that a British think thank, The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) is calling for a “private right to copy“.The article says that such recommendation “would decriminalise millions of Britons who break the law each year by copying their CDs onto music players. Making copies of CDs and DVDs for personal use… Continue reading →