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Episode 3 destroys the myth of free internet services such as Google, Ebay, web-mail etc. Illustrates how commerce has come to dominate virtually all aspects of the web. (49 min)

Yochai Benkler has been called “the leading intellectual of the information age.” In this 2005 talk at TED (18:00 min), he proposes that volunteer-based projects such as Wikipedia and Linux are the next stage of human organization and economic production.

Nate Harrison’s 2004 video (18:02 min) is a thoughtful and convincing meditation on the ownership of culture, the nature of art and creativity, and the history of a remarkable music clip.