Open World Forum: Knowledge Commons Fail/Fix

A few weeks ago I gave a talk at Open World Forum. Slides (odp, pdf, slideshare), video (archive.org, YouTube):

I rushed through my final slides and promised to expand on them virtually, which I’ve done here with more slides (odp, pdf, slideshare), or watch a video narration of same (archive.org, YouTube):

Thanks to Open World Forum co-president Louis Montagne and Knowledge Commons track leader Florence Devouard for inviting me to participate!

Posted 2011-10-13, filed under Creative Commons, Economics, Intellectual Protectionism, Open Source, Public Goods.

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