http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-informationwar/article_1468.jsp Comments for "The gift of the net, Richard Barbrook " en http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-informationwar/article_1468.jsp The polarity between anarchy and oligarchy deforms Siva Vaidhayanathan&#146;s vision of the future of the net. Beneath the rhetoric, he and Bill Thompson share a belief in the net's democratic potential. But Siva does point to a real danger: that state and commodifying forces will undermine the liberating &#145;gift economy' that lies at the heart of the net.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-informationwar/article_1468.jsp" class="read-more" title="Read the rest of this posting.">Read the rest of this post...</a><p><a href="http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-informationwar/article_1468.jsp">read more</a></p> http://www.opendemocracy.net/media-informationwar/article_1468.jsp#comment europe media &amp; the net Original Copyright p2p: the new information war? Richard Barbrook Thu, 04 Sep 2003 00:00:00 +0100 1468 at http://www.opendemocracy.net