Via Franz Nahrada, who reports that Klaus Stoll, founder of iMalls and based in Ecuador, is considering moving these projects to a Global Village oriented infrastructure. Klaus Stoll: “The previous concept of “Telecenters” or whatever you want to call PIAP’s (Public Internet Access Points), was based on connectivity and did not in a sufficient way… Continue reading
Date archives "April 2009"
Pirate Bay Judge possibly disqualified!
Swedish business daily Dagens Industri reports that the judge in the Pirate Bay case has been a member of several pro-IP industry associations and may as such be deemed to have been unfit to handle the Pirate Bay case. If Pirate Bay’s lawyers decide to act on this information, the case will most probably have… Continue reading
Six policies for the revitalisation of the Urban Commons (1)
From a very extensive article in On the Commons. Philip Cryan: “Many commons-based solutions have been advanced in efforts to revitalize and empower urban communities, even if citizens and grassroots organzations don’t necessarily use the language of the commons. A commons-based society is one that values and protects commons assets, managing them for the benefit… Continue reading
Estonia’s Bank of Happiness
This article appeared in the Times of London. A nice piece of journalistic reportage, touching on all the issues and well worth reading in full. Excerpt: “From dog-walking to rubbish clearance, civic-minded Estonians can now draw on a virtual Bank of Happiness which trades in good deeds. Anjana Ahuja reports from Tallinn On one level,… Continue reading
The deep cause of evil in psychological disfunctionality (1): introducing ponerology
Extracted from Political Ponerology – A Science on the nature of evil adjusted for political purposes, by Andrew M. Lobaczewski Note: It is necessary to give some explanations regarding the connection of this article to p2p theme. This book was written by a recently deceased Polish psychologist working under difficult conditions in the Communist Poland…. Continue reading
Towards master partnerships for the shared custody of intellectual property
A proposal by Chris Cook. Law is Code ….and the requirement is, I believe, for a form of legal XML which links together disparate jurisdictions and enterprises in the same way that XML links disparate hardware and software. Chris Cook: “Public/Private is an artificial “either/or” distinction of absolutes. What we mean by them is either… Continue reading
Is P2P anti-institutional?
An important question, asked by Ryan Lanham. Ryan Lanham: “A thoughtful essay in the American Scene, on democratic citizenship, by James Poulos, got me thinking… That’s not least of which because I was lucky to have a course with J.G.A. Pocock and read his Machiavellian Moment closely at least twice in my life, once while… Continue reading
Brazil cracks down on sat-hackers
Boing Boing recently posted: Brazil cracks down on sat-hackers who bounce ham signals off US military satellites POSTED BY CORY DOCTOROW, APRIL 19, 2009 9:58 PM Brazilian radio-cops are handing out $20,000 fines to satellite hackers who bounce their ham signals off FLTSATCOM — an array of disused US military satellites — using them as… Continue reading
Raoul Victor on Money and Peer Production (2): the transition
Second and last part of the article by Raoul Victor on Money and Peer Production which was also his presentation at the fourth Oekonux conference, march 2009. This part covers the issue of how to transition to a eventual moneyless economy. Raoul Victor: Let’s go back to the main question: the relations between money and… Continue reading
The Renaissance of New Communalism
“We are as gods and we might as well get good at it.”[1] In the 1969 issue, that was the first line to instill the purpose of the Whole Earth Catalog. Stewart Brand, with a network of people with various views, launched a medium to network readers with others. It presented the necessary tools, used… Continue reading
Is the P2P economy already bigger than the “information economy”?
In his remarkable presentation at Oekonux 4, Philippe Aigrain made a startling statement: the share of GDP for providing means to non-market exchanges of information is twice bigger in developed countries than the economy of selling informationg as goods or services. In other words, the business of creating platforms for p2p exchanges is already bigger… Continue reading
Principles of social technology
Submitted by Ryan Lanham: “Over at socialreporter, David Wilcox’s blog, there is an interesting list of items that could serve as an opening to any discussion on the driving factors behind social computing tools and technologies such as wikis, blogs and social networks. * 45 provocative propositions about using social technology, By David Wilcox ?… Continue reading
The end of paper, open gates to on-time democracy (not about journalism)
Ismael Peña writes about The End of Paper on ICTlogy The End Of Paper, Open Gates To On-Time Democracy (Not About Journalism) by ismael peña-lópez main categories: cyberlaw, governance, rights | participation, engagement, use, activism | e-government, e-administration Kevin Macdonald’s State of Play is not a (good) film about the end of print newspapers and… Continue reading
Raoul Victor on Money and Peer Production (1): introduction
We will publish in two parts, the article by Raoul Victor on Money and Peer Production which was also his presentation at the fourth Oekonux conference, march 2009. Raoul Victor: “I’ll try to deal with the question of the relations between this two realities: money and Peer Production.. What are these relations today and what… Continue reading
Comments not allowed at your council website? Here’s how to answer back
Adrian Short posted this on the Mash the State blog: A few people have raised the objection that what Mash the State is currently doing with council RSS feeds is really just helping councils to deliver their PR (or as those critics often like put it, “propaganda”). In one sense, they’re right. A council’s press… Continue reading
Electronic handicrafts: A chance for regional workplaces?
Can we expect a renewal of craftsmaking? Christine Axe, German ‘new crafts’ pioneer, thinks so: Excerpt: (I tried to improve on the english translation I received – MB) “At the end of the era of “mass production”(Piore/Sabel) today we note the perspective of a “post-industrial” structural change which condenses itself in the model of the… Continue reading