On July 14th, 2009, Giorgos Cheliotis, assistant professor of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore and a visitor researcher at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University, has tried to answer the question how large and free are the Commons? during a talk called Mapping the Global Commons: A quantitative perspective on free cultural practice. Read more »

It has been the first strike of bloggers ever. Wired.it has defined it a fundamental step in Internet history. Hundreds of bloggers – with them the Nobel prize Dario Fo – for the whole day of July 14th, 2009 have published only one post, explaining the reasons of this strike: We strongly supports Diritto alla Rete (Internet right) against the decree of the Italian justice minister Angelino Alfano that limits Italian Internet freedom. They have sent videos and pictures of themselves gagged. They have signed an online petition. Read more »