I saw a map of the density of the spread of the Internet and guess what: it looks exactly the same. In that sense, the concept of freedom of flow of information and ideals provided by FLOSS and Open Content might spread according to same principles as the Internet did.

In western cultures, the Internet provided people great benefits. Castells has argued, that the new networked organization of resources and people required a system like the Internet. In other words, a system like the Internet had to be invented for the new economy to work, not the other way around. In a similar way, it's hard to imagine any drawbacks for individual citizens of the concept of FLOSS or Open Content in the western world. The red world in the other hand might never benefit as much as the highly industrialized western world did and still does.

By the way: You are welcome to the IP redesign workshop and the CC Finland event at the Media Centre Lume on Monday 13th of June. See details from:

http://arki.uiah.fi/ipredesign