Searching for a solution to the Rubik's cube: Internet as a complex set of commons

SUMMARY: 1. Introduction. The Internet, a multi-faceted Rubik’s Cube breaking into the commonsscenario – 2. The public goods Rubik’s Cube: the evolution of the category of the commons. 2.1.Commons, common pool resources and club goods: different combination of excludability and subtractability. 2.2 The broad application of the notion of commons: new sides of the Rubik’s Cube? – 3.Even more complex than a Rubik’s Cube? The Internet: a multi-layered technology- driven and humanmade set of commons. 3.1. The attempts to solve the twisty puzzle: Internet complexity in multi-disciplinary literature. 3.2. Solving the cube layer by layer: a feasible method to address Internet commons. – 4. Twisting each piece of the Cube: Net complexity in the perspective of common resources. 4.1. The backbone of the Net: infrastructures and material equipment. 4.2. The functional immateriallevel: technical standards, domain names, software. 4.3. The content layer. – 5. From individual attemptsto solve the Rubik’s Cube to general applicable algorithms. Internet commons, something more complexthan a twisty puzzle: conclusions, challenges, perspectives. 5.1.The interconnection between private property and public Internet goods. 5.2. Common resources, the broadband and the principle of network neutrality. 5.3. Domain names and IP addresses: advances and pitfalls of the centralized management of common resources.