The document discusses new approaches to intellectual property in the age of web 2.0, noting that information is the scarce resource in the new economy. It outlines some basic economics of information production and innovation, including that information is non-rival and serves as both the input and output of its own production process. Several strategies for information production are presented, including public domain, barter/sharing, rights-based exclusion, and nonexclusion-based approaches.

1. New approaches to
intellectual property in
the age of web 2.0
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2. ‘In the new economy,
information is the
scarce resource’

3. ‘Downloading music for
free is piracy’

4. (1)
Some basic economics of
information production and
innovation

5. a) Characteristics

6. a) Characteristics
• Non-rival

7. a) Characteristics
• Non-rival
• Both the input and output of
its own production process

8. b) information production
strategies