[edit] STATEMENTS

FCF ECONOMIES, NEW P2P MODELS AND SUSTAINABLE DISTRIBUTION

[edit] What is not working in the previous model?:

people still think as if they were still in analog world, and they are not
exploitation based on scarcity does not work anymore: previous model is broken
copyright is an investment protection
a little number of companies decide on what other should (dominating the market)
governments don't think beyond the present situation
there’s a lack of alternative structures
media do not provide for a real general culture

[edit] Why is the distributed and cooperative economy not based anymore on scarcity and hierarchy possible in the digital era?

there’s a lot of creative capital created by commons, but just a little coming back.
creators cannot make an income from the value they create
digital network leads people to create things made with their hearts and passion

[edit] How can a new model produce benefits and sustainability for artists/authors?

peer production needs to be productive enough to be sustainable and keep on producing
commons must be productive, they have to be useful and productive for others
commons have to be born at points of capitalization
to sustain the creation of commons, we need infrastructure, open source business and public funding
direct contact of the author to the economical benefit, without intermediaries
the new model can produce immaterial benefits like access instead of property, individual abilities to be recognized , equal happiness, equal simulation to inversion in create more

[edit] How will be the transition to a new paradigm? DEMANDS

Firstly, DEMANDS TO GOVERNMENTS

Access to knowledge is a basic right. Barriers to sharing should be discarded.
Drastic reduction of restrictive copyright
Public funded production of knowledge, services and goods will have to be part of the commons in terms of free access, free redistribution and freedom to reuse provided. They will always remain in the commons.
Universal access to public broadband.
distributed responsibility
Start public research on copyright issues, focused on:
- how current copyright structures affect human economies in general and specific markets in particular
- how emerging economy models based on peer production and sustainable distribution work and what kind of benefits they produce.
- Updating the social and economical indicators in order to measure those benefits and evaluate their direct and indirect impact on local, global and “glocal” communities.

This research should be held by a group of experts selected from the consensus of all parties involved: citizenship, university, cultural production centres, independent researchers…