[p2p-research] iceland

Michel Bauwens michelsub2004 at gmail.com
Mon Feb 22 14:20:57 CET 2010 

smari: this is still a proposal right, how good are the chances for
adoption?

Michel

2010/2/22 Ryan Lanham <rlanham1963 at gmail.com>

> I agree this is a great area.  I feel that most of the ownership models
> needed are available in most countries.  Now they need to work to encourage
> people toward co-ops, resource trusts (e.g. land trusts), NGO models, etc.
>
> Freedom of expression, however, is always under threat.  Article 19 does
> great work on this...and here is a link where people can endorse the Camden
> Principles on Freedoms of Expression and Equality.
>
> http://www.article19.org/advocacy/campaigns/camden-principles/index.html
>
> I really admire and appreciate what Iceland is moving toward as a haven of
> expression.  Great work!
>
> Ryan
>
>
>   On 2/22/10, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  well said, really good work you have done on this ...
>>
>> any updates always welcome,
>>
>> Michel
>>
>> 2010/2/15 Smári McCarthy <smari at fabfolk.com>
>>
>>> I do not disagree that ownership models are a major problem, but to
>>> state that that is the only problem is to be alarmingly ignorant to the
>>> state of journalism in the world.
>>>
>>> Hundreds of journalists are on the run from oppressive governments,
>>> entire publications such as Malaysia Today and the Turks and Caicos
>>> Islands Journal have fled their homes and now publish from abroad. In
>>> the UK, at any given time, there are more than 300 secret gag orders
>>> limiting the freedom of expression of the press. US publications are
>>> having to spend millions of dollars to protect themselves against
>>> frivolous lawsuits...
>>>
>>> The freedom of expression has been under such an onslaught in recent
>>> decades, as it always has, and one very important thing to understand is
>>> that there has been no fundamental change in legislative protection of
>>> the freedom of expression since the adoption of the first amendment in
>>> 1791. Since then we've had two world wars, an industrial revolution, an
>>> information revolution, and any number of other technological and social
>>> advances that make it important to review what the freedom of expression
>>> means to us.
>>>
>>>
>>>  - Smári
>>>
>>>
>>> Michel Bauwens wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> > From: ** <ciresearchers-request at vancouvercommunity.net
>>>
>>> > <mailto:ciresearchers-request at vancouvercommunity.net>>
>>> > Date: Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 11:56 AM
>>> > Subject: Digest for list ciresearchers
>>> > To: ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net
>>>
>>> > <mailto:ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Table of content :
>>> >
>>> >  1. Re: [ciresearchers] FW: [NetBehaviour] Iceland aims to become an
>>> >    offshore haven forjournalists and leakers
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>> > From: Content Research <contentissimo at chello.at
>>>
>>> > <mailto:contentissimo at chello.at>>
>>> > To: ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net
>>>
>>> > <mailto:ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net>, "michael gurstein"
>>> > <gurstein at gmail.com <mailto:gurstein at gmail.com>>,
>>> > <ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net
>>>
>>>  > <mailto:ciresearchers at vancouvercommunity.net>>
>>> > Date: Sun, 14 Feb 2010 09:49:38 +0100
>>> > Subject: Re: [ciresearchers] FW: [NetBehaviour] Iceland aims to become
>>> > an offshore haven forjournalists and leakers
>>> > Dear colleagues,
>>> >
>>> > It seems that the Vikings do not have any clue
>>> > about the basics of publishing. I study them for 18 years.
>>> > The major challenge is not outsourcing and legislation
>>> > but the type of OWNERSHIP and closeness to the markets.
>>> >
>>> > Februar is Carneval time. and there is a huge difference between
>>> > tangible and intangible (e.g. financial) assets.
>>> >
>>> > There is one only country on the globe which succeeded to
>>> > became an off-shoring destination for one particular element
>>> > of the value chain of publishing.
>>> >
>>> > kind regards,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Gerahrd
>>> >
>>> > At 02:02 14.02.2010, michael gurstein wrote:
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >     -----Original Message-----
>>> >     From: netbehaviour-bounces at netbehaviour.org
>>> >     <mailto:netbehaviour-bounces at netbehaviour.org>
>>> >     [mailto:netbehaviour-bounces at netbehaviour.org
>>> >     <mailto:netbehaviour-bounces at netbehaviour.org>] On Behalf Of dave
>>> miller
>>> >     Sent: Friday, February 12, 2010 7:36 PM
>>> >     To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity
>>> >     Subject: [NetBehaviour] Iceland aims to become an offshore haven
>>> >     forjournalists and leakers
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> http://www.niemanlab.org/2010/02/iceland-aims-to-become-an-offshore-haven-fo
>>> >     r-journalists-and-leakers/
>>> >
>>> >     On Tuesday, the Icelandic parliament is expected to introduce a
>>> measure
>>> >     aimed at making the country an international center for
>>> investigative
>>> >     journalism publishing, by passing the strongest combination of
>>> source
>>> >     protection, freedom of speech, and libel-tourism prevention laws in
>>> the
>>> >     world.
>>> >
>>> >     Supporters of the proposal say the move would make Iceland an
>>> “offshore
>>> >     publishing center” for free speech, analogous to the offshore
>>> financial
>>> >     havens that allow corporations to hide capital from authorities.
>>> Could
>>> >     global news organizations with a home office in Reykjavík soon be
>>> as
>>> >     common
>>> >     as Delaware corporations or Cayman Islands assets?
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>>> >
>>> >
>>> > End of digest for list ciresearchers - Sun Feb 14 20:56:28 2010
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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