Infrastructure, Communities and Corporations: is There a Middle Way Between Open and Closed?

A market exists when there is a tension between supply and demand, and, in the world of immaterial communication and non-rival goods, requires partial enclosures and artificial scarcities. A digital commons creates abundant and freely available social value but is difficult to 'monetize' Or in other words: openness creates value but enclosure captures it. This is the key contradiction both for our digital communication infrastructure and for the content being produced on and through it. We have to ask ourselves: to which degree are the interests of peer producing and sharing communities both similar but also divergent with the owners of the infrastructures and the propietary platforms. If we value openness and freedom, what should and could be done, particularly about those that attempt limiting and enclosing them? Can we find a way of the middle that satisfies both communities and corporations? And is there a role for public authorities? Does it make sense for communities to strive for the 'distribution of everything' so that peer to peer dynamics can become more widespread?