"We need to pioneer technical, organizational, and financial forms that enable users to mutualize the benefits of their own online sharing. We must be able to avoid the coerced and undisclosed surrender of personal information and digital identity to third-parties who may or may not be reliable stewards of such information." - David Bollier, 'From Open Access to Digital Commons', published in '#OursToHackAndOwn'

“Indeed, just as the Renaissance retrieved the values of empire from ancient Rome, and re-birthed them as capitalism and industrialism, might the digital era constitute a renaissance of its own? And if it does, what values will it retrieve?” - #DougRushkoff, #OursToHackAndOwn

But Microsoft have been doing #Linux and #OpenSource for years, they’re one of the good guys now ... #YeahRight
“Microsoft paid $97 million to settle a lawsuit for denying benefits to over eight thousand perma-temps [workers employed years on a series of temp contracts]”, #StevenHill, #OursToHackAndOwn

@samtoland I would encourage social.coop members to check this out, since it affects us all.
#participation #ourstohackandown