I’m attending the Unconference on Culture and Sustainability in Rio de Janeiro. This meeting was part of the Cultural MERCOSUR agenda, with the presence of representatives from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. Ethical Economy P2P Culture P2P Ecology P2P Public Policy MORE >>

There has been some disquiet in free culture circles, to whom I belong as well, about a possible split around the issue of artists revenues, as expressed by Geert Lovink recently on a number of occasions. There is so many ways of doing it, and the reasons and intensions are so different, each time, even within one person. is growing? MORE >>

Paul asks about escaping groupthink , and advocates the role of the outsider in bringing a different perspective: " How can you break out of the group-think that affects most large organizations? different person - whether from inside the company but outside the group, or from outside the company all together - brings a different set of eyes. MORE >>

Excerpted from a review by David Bollier : “Rarely have I read an essay that knits together some very different commons with such wisdom and depth. There are of course significant differences between managing depletable natural resources and managing cheap and limitless stores of digital information. * Article: Joline Blais. MORE >>

Excerpted from a fascinating interview of Manuel Castells by Paul Mason, for BBC 4: Manuel Castells: “When I mention this alternative economic culture, it’s a combination of two things. ” * Paul Mason: You write that economies are cultural – can you expand on that? This is a particular form of culture. MORE >>