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 (DIR) Post #B8CO5fwCvQDZQa1qzo by jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net
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       Bartering physical goods is frowned upon in capitalism. It distorts the calculation of GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and other metrics. It’s productive anarchy ;)So. I now spend quite some brain cycles on the ongoing impact of bartering immaterial goods, which is often ignored or not (yet) understood. Open source/Free Software is one area of immaterial bartering. To me it feels like the natural state.1/2
       
 (DIR) Post #B8CO5gpraUjmDC4IkK by jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net
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       Forcing artificial scarcity concepts like proprietary licensing and DRM (Digital Restriction Management ;) on digital data feels counterintuitive. The reproduction costs are effectively zero. So bartering as a fundamental concept feels more natural. I feel there is a deeper concept of post-scarcity hiding here that we will soon uncover and accept as the better way. Yes, #AlwaysTheOptimist2/2
       
 (DIR) Post #B8CO5hHruN8fc3AfOi by jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net
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       ADDENDUM: this goes back to researching the history of copyright (US/UK) and the different post-French Revolution Droît d‘auteur concepts that underly the more European style of rights ownership. Copyright is what is says. The right to make copies, coming from a time where printing presses were the source of monopolistic power. Whereas Droît d‘auteur moved towards a different approach of ownership of immaterial goods. But that’s another TED talk ;)