Machine generated contents note: Theses to Introduce the Concept of the Gratis Economy -- Essay I Traditional Gratis Economy -- Uncharted Faces of Pro Bono Work -- 1. Social Basis Of Volunteering -- Essay II Virtual Faces of the Gratis Economy -- Business-Operated Sizzling Gratuities -- 2. Free of Charge -- Except for Advertising -- 3. Free of Charge -- Except for the Commodification of Privacy -- 4. Gratuities Embedded in Business Processes -- Essay III Public Interest in the Gratis Economy -- Gratuities Generated by the Polity -- 5. State-Run Gratis Economy -- 6. Informational Commons -- 7. Typology of Business Intrusions -- 8. Towards the Demise of Mass Culture in Cyberspace
Summary
Deals with the logic of toll-free services in all three sectors: government, business and nonprofit, and generalizes the notion of voluntary work towards everthing that is free of charge
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-365) and index
