[p2p-research] [Commoning] Information sector: a qualitative different mode of production?

[Samuel Rose]

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Michel Bauwens <michelsub2004 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sam,
>
> perhaps sympathetic city governments could use the doctrine of eminent
> domain?
>


I've not seen too much of this as of yet (not to say it couldn't start
happening at any time).

The common concept in the industrial midwest now is the "Land Bank".
Example: http://inghamlandbank.org/about-us.php

Basically, land comes into the possession of government by either
being abandoned or people not paying taxes on the land. The "land
bank"will often re-sell it at substantially lower costs, and this is
an opportunity in cities for co-operatives to gain legal possession of
land (which in turn could be co-owned by participants in co-op if
desired).



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