“This is one of the answers to the partial disconnect between the fact that social production is creating more and more value, but there are not enough mechanisms to make such efforts more sustainable on a individual and collective level. Both state and private entities are increasingly profiting from social innovation, but what are the mechanisms to recognize such positive externalizations from peer production?”

In its discussion on the Public Service Publisher(PSP)Ofcom calls for a ‘share-aware‘ rights model to help support this new method of production and I submitted detailed ideas(pdf) on how the ‘share-aware’ rights model could be implemented in a broader context that supports social production from all participants:

“Under this system, every Intellectual Contribution, whether from a commercial media supplier or private individual, is viewed as a valuable part of the fabric of a continuously expanding social environment of information and knowledge sharing.”

The rights model I propose also recognizes the global nature of social content production of the future that is correctly recognized by the above consortium:

“Thirdly, we ask that OfCom recognize the transnational nature of the networked communications environment, and refrain from sanctioning measures designed to limit the benefits derived from the PSP to UK residents alone. The PSP and the projects and content it funds should be viewed as nodes on a global network. It should be assumed that the exchange of information and content across such a global network will be to the net benefit of the UK public.”

Thanks!