tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post112707414003567237..comments2024-01-14T17:27:30.511-05:00Comments on Law, Legislation, and Lunacy: My Shoes Fit FineDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364155797420903461noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6737941.post-1127609199680273072005-09-24T20:46:00.000-04:002005-09-24T20:46:00.000-04:00Good discussion - sharing is nothing new! What you...Good discussion - sharing is nothing new! What you call a "non-rivalrous" market, Stephen Covey calls "the abundance principle" - an acknowledgement that "there's enough to go around" - I think it's even possible in rivalrous markets where the incentive to share is to be part of an agregate product that competes in its market.<BR/><BR/>While sharing is nothing new, we've needed a global commons to support the agregation & trust of peer production - with Web2, it's finally here - the global village marketplace. The "commons based" piece of Benkler's term is critical to its success.<BR/><BR/>While the products of CBPP are mostly free today, it's not a good way to characterize them - "for fee" CBPP will yield more value for participants and consumers - compare istockphoto to flickr.<BR/><BR/>I agree that economists will "groc" this - it's the management of company's built on an "aggregator" business model that I feel for - peer producers will replace them - probably within 5 to 10 years.David Gibbonshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07913354673675079112noreply@blogger.com