The article explores the public dimension to the internet technology in terms of the notion of public goods. Focusing on the peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing phenomena, which have been a major driving force behind the progress of this technology, the article analyzes how the internet communication could be characerized as a non-exclusive and non-rivalous public asset, despite the fact the proprietary ideology dominates its current development. The article also analyzes the positive and negative externalities of the p2p phenomenon, and briefly introduces several democratization movements on the net.