public domain

The free flow of knowledge can be found in the Internet. A new model for scientific production, publishing and access emerge in the new environment of the networked society. But the shared on-line environment, "like our physical environment, constitutes a global commons, with similar imperatives for stewardship and preservation." And, in this terrain, the choice we face, and science in particular, is not between progress and the status quo, it is between progress and a new Dark Ages. Information should be kept free.
>from science commons, building a free flow of knowledge.
context series - march 2002

The cultural, political and legal frame is a space that we call Public Domain of communication. As a Public Domain we understand a sphere which does not belong neither to the State nor to the Market, but to the whole society, and it is managed and controlled by the society itself (not to be misunderstood with the public service performed by the State).>from manifesto of urban televisions: open access television.
context weblog - april 23, 2003


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Public space : the physical collective space that is freely accessible to everyone.
Virtual public space : the space created by the Internet and other kinds of technological networks like sms, and mobile phones accessible to everyone.
Public domain : both the physical and the virtual public space; the commonly shared space of ideas and memories and the physical manifestations that they embody.
>de fused space: new technology in/as public space.
context weblog - july 23, 2004

ParcCentralPark_lab: an emerging urban kitchen
23 juliol, 2004