Re: [P2P-F] must watch on future of internet: who agrees ?

On 20/11/11 17:58, Michel Bauwens wrote:

I don't think it matters directly .. but it is definitely a silicon valley tech investor mentality, intend on re-introducing monetization of everything on the internet and he's confident they will succeed ...

.... and the monetization is particularly possible because of the material aspects of the internet combined with ownership relations, which is why it is philosophically problematic and politically disempowering, I think, that the "free culture" movement perpetuates the "immaterial myth", by contrasting cyberspace to "real space" and on that basis arguing for exceptions in cyberspace. One step forward and two steps back.