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Authors Take Up The Tiered Support Models Also
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| Another day, another example of content creators embracing the business
| models we've been talking about -- and once again, this one is outside of the
| music industry. Recently we wrote about movie makers picking up on tiered
| funding offerings, similar to what Jill Sobule has done, and now we've got a
| budding author as well.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090828/0159066032.shtml
The MAFIAA has a different agenda:
Movie studios again demand HDTV disabling powers from FCC
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| Even the MPAA now concedes that its bid for selectable output control could
| force some consumers to buy new home theater gear. What we still don't have
| is a reasonable estimate on whether the 11 million figure bandied about is
| accurate. Nor do we know what the Genachowski FCC thinks about this mess.
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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/09/movie-studios-again-demand-hdtv-disabling-powers-from-fcc.ars
Despite Winning $675,000, RIAA Fears Defendant is File Sharing
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| The Recording Industry Association of America took the offensive Tuesday
| against a college student whom a jury concluded in July must pay $675,000 for
| file sharing 30 songs.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/09/riaagoesforblood/
Recent:
Writing a book with the help of the Sakai free software community
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| This article is about writing a book with the help of the free software
| community. The book in question is Sakai Courseware Management with the main
| authors being Alan Berg (Me myself and I) and Michael Korcuska, the executive
| director of the Sakai Foundation. In reality, around forty community members
| delivered valuable content, which the authors distributed strategically
| throughout the book.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/writing_book_help_sakai_free_software_community
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