infocommunist
infocommunist noun: a person who supports commons in information and communications.
Noun
infocommunist (plural infocommunists)
- A person who supports commons in information and communications.
- 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...2008, Milton Mueller, “Info-communism? Ownership and freedom in the digital economy”, in First Monday, volume 13, number 4, →DOI
- 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
Forms of infocommunist
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Origin of infocommunist
From info + communist, possibly derived from infoanarchist.
Questions about infocommunist
- What does infocommunist mean?
- Infocommunist means a person who supports commons in information and communications.
- What part of speech is infocommunist?
- Infocommunist is a noun.
- What is the plural of infocommunist?
- The plural of infocommunist is infocommunists.
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