[p2p-research] on antirivalry definition in the P2P-F wiki

[Michel Bauwens]

i've updated the entry with your defintion and comments,

Michel

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Ignacio de castro <ignactro at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Michel,
>
> I was taking a look to antirivalry definition in the P2P-F wiki:
> *"occurs when the sharing the production of the good by one person
> increases the value of the good to others."* (
> http://p2pfoundation.net/Anti-rivalry).
>
> I am aware that this is Weber´s definition, however I think that it is
> arguable that the definition could be improved:
>
> Considering antirivalry as the opposite to rivalry, and parting hence from
> rivalry definnition.
> *"A purely rival good has the property that its use by one firm or person
> precludes its use by another; a purely nonrival good has the property that
> its use by one firm or person in no way limits is use by another"* (
> http://p2pfoundation.net/Anti-rivalry). Wikipedia definition (
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalry_%28economics%29#cite_ref-0) emplois
> the term "consumption" instead of "use": "*Rival goods are goods whose
> consumption by one consumer prevents simultaneous consumption by other
> consumers[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalry_%28economics%29#cite_note-0>
> *". Rivalry refers to use/consumption and, directly, has nothing to do
> with value (as far as I know).
>
> The opposite term, antirivalry, should imply that "* its use by one firm
> or person ENHANCES its use by another". *From variations in the value of
> the good (to others) when the sharing of the production increases it does
> not necessarily follow that there are variations in the access to the
> use/consumption of the good by the rest of individuals. *
>
> *I would tentatively define antirivalry as the* "property characterizing
> goods (or processes of production) where **the use of the (produced) good
> by one individual enhances the use by the others." *It can be argued from
> this definition that the use of the good by one person increases the
> production of that good, or that -as in Weber (2004)´s definition, that the
> sharing of the production increases the value of the good, but both are only
> a sufficient condition* *for antirivalry defined as the opposite of
> rivalry.
>
> Best,
>
> Ignacio de Castro
> **
>



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