CMNS 240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Ibm Officevision, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority, Occupational Safety And Health
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Mass collaboration practices seem to run counter from neoclassical/neoliberal theory suggests. Gets in the way of innovation - stifles process of cultural innovation. Creativity & innovation happened despite the intellectual property. Intellectual property seems to be an impediment in innovation. Pharmaceutical industries: overly strict patents & restrictive property regime restricts us from making new drugs. Intellectual property as a source of & the apparent need for sharing & collaboration so there can be a need for culture & knowledge. Whether the digital commons at the cutting edge of capitalist image itself. Quite possible that nonproprietary production are actually becoming a new source of accumulation for capitalism. Company redhound: built its business through open source os, linux. Linux is so good that it"s used by amazon & uber. Filesharing created conditions that forced companies such as netflix to innovate. Turbulent time, conflict & production, ownership & dissemination of media resources. Transformed the world as we know it.