[p2p-research] Economies of the Commons 2

[Kevin Carson]

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 6:15 PM, nathaniel tkacz <tkaczn at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi All - some on this list might be interested in this upcoming event.

> A  N  N  O  U  N  C  E  M  E  N  T

> Economies of the Commons 2
> Paying the costs of making things free

> While protagonists of open content praise its low-cost accessibility and
> collaborative structures, critics claim it undermines the established ?gate
> keeping? functions of authors, the academy, and professional institutions
> while lacking a reliable business model of its own.

No gatekeeping functions?  Heaven forfend!  Sounds like the position
of elitist idiots like Andrew Keen.

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