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COMMONS MAGAZINE

Media and Internet

The Internet offers an unparalleled opportunity for generating and expanding the commons in many ways. The mass media, often relying on free use of the airwaves, is a powerful public resource that too often represents the views of a narrow strata of society. Thinking of communications itself as a commons opens up broad new possibilities for sharing of information and insight.

Big Buck Bunny
April 30, 2008

Big Buck Bunny

The debut of an open source film and a new studio model.
April 26, 2008

Richard Lowenberg

Public Broadcasting:  Move to Free Audio Formats!
April 24, 2008

Public Broadcasting: Move to Free Audio Formats!

The Free Software Foundation launches a campaign to get public radio to use Ogg Vorbis
April 22, 2008

The Economics of Online Commons

When Information Is Free, What's the Business Plan?
The Commons as a New Sector of Value-Creation
April 22, 2008

The Commons as a New Sector of Value-Creation

It’s time to recognize and protect the distinctive wealth generated by online commons.
April 18, 2008

Brad Lichtenstein

TISNF (That Is So Not Fair)
April 16, 2008

TISNF (That Is So Not Fair)

Wireless Carriers Fight for the Right to Censor Your Text Messages
April 14, 2008

Mark Harris

April 10, 2008

Kit Robinson