I love this idea. I don’t know if you are familiar with http://www.econtalk.org but Russ Roberts hosts one of the most popular podcasts there every week. A few weeks ago he hosted Michele Boldrin who proposes doing away with patents. I, like you, am skeptical of this approach even though I really like what he has to add to the debate. But I love the idea of the hypercommons you espouse here. I just emailed Russ and suggested he look at your paper. It would be cool if you could get on the show.
Steve Spearman