This paper analyses the emergence and growth of digitally networked spaces of social production and examines how such spaces, which are potentially rich for sharing and enjoyment of goods and resources, are continuously threatened by privatization and the proprietary logic of cultural production and circulation. In the wake of the hacker ethic of collaboration, the philosophy of Free and Open Source Software, Open Access and Open Licenses, the paper presents perspectives of other counterhegemonic activities of producing and sharing content and knowledge. We conclude the paper by analysing the potential of these processes for cultural production and circulation and for education.
Intellectual Property; Copyright; Hacker Ethic; Sharing Network; Eeducation