IT Conversations recently posted this recording of Michel Bauwens speaking at the Emerging Communications Conference 2008

Middle Way Between Open and Closed

Michel Bauwens
The openness of the digital commons has created abundant and freely available social value but not a way to monetize it. In the talk from the 2008 Emerging Communications Conference, Michel Bauwens of the P2P Foundation asks: to which degree are the interests of peer producing and sharing communities both similar but also divergent with the owners of the infrastructures and the proprietary platforms? Can we find a way that satisfies both communities and corporations?

[From IT Conversations | Emerging Communications | Michel Bauwens (Free Podcast)]