infocommunist

plural infocommunists

1. economicsA person who supports commons in information and communications.

   In contrast to the capitalist mode of production, in the info-communist mode of production both the relations of production and the productive forces are fully socialized—they are based on common ownership of the means of production and collaborative work.

   2014, Sylvain Firer-Blaess, Christian Fuchs, “Wikipedia: An Info-Communist Manifesto”, in Television & New Media, volume 15, number 2, →DOI

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   So far, I have made two arguments. One is that you can’t justify an opposition to proprietary information solely on an ethical imperative to share, unless you are willing to extend that ethical imperative to all resources and thus embrace true communism. Second, an appeal to the non–rival nature of digital information can’t get you off the slippery slope to info–communism if your case is built entirely around a deontological appeal to the value of sharing and cooperation.

   2008, Milton Mueller, “Info-communism? Ownership and freedom in the digital economy”, in First Monday, volume 13, number 4, →DOI