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 	- [[neil]]
   	- > beyond [[market]] and [[state]]
 		- I sometimes think of them as [[embedding]] and thus potentially [[regulating]] markets.
-		- recommended [[free, fair and alive]], it's great
+		- recommended [[free, fair and alive]], it's great.
+	- this [[agora]] is a [[digital commons]].
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+# digital commons
+
+- a [[thing]].
+  - [[pull]] [[commons]] [[digital]]
+    - the [[internet]] provides the ability to construct an essentially infinite number of [[digital commons]] by definition as long and as far as you allow copying.
+      - this is why I am against reductions of [[copyright]] in general.
+    - whatever can be copied for free can be freely shared and is thus part of the [[commons]].
+- a [[list]].
+  - the [[agora]].
+  - (push here to add items).
+