The Commons

I just finished the article, Information Commons, and I really liked it. I am shocked over the publishers rights to control scholarly journals, especially now that digital formats are decreasing libraries terms of uses. It is common to hear about file sharing and I have artists in high places ;) that insist it is stealing, but after listening to Joi Ito and his descriptions of artists in China I can see another view. Information should be accessible to all but with the Telecommunications Act and DRM our rights are being infringed upon. Well these pieces certainly gave me food for thought but I think I need to stew a little more about them.