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Thinking about downloads
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| In the internet we have something precious and valuable. In the millenial
| generation we have something precious and valuable. It is time to keep our
| heads and do the right thing, foster innovation, encourage cultural
| expression and adaptation. And avoid seeking to alienate an entire
| generationâ. in order to try and implement a failed proposition.
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http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2009/09/07/thinking-about-downloads/
Flexbooks â a Non-Braindead way to produce textbooks
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| Iâve just seen a post on Flexbooks, an initiative of CK-12 so headed over to
| have a look. I believe initiatives of this kind are extremely important.
| Because copyright makes the price of textbooks too high, copyright is a
| significant barrier to education. A poorly educated workforce is a lower
| production workforce. In short, copyright ideology substantially lowers
| GDP. Well, no more. The Flexbooks initiative aims to provide textbooks for
| K-12 under the CC-BY-SA licence. The obnoxious (and anti-social) â-NCâ is
| absent. Thank heavens these are enlightened educators!
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http://brendanscott.wordpress.com/2009/08/27/flexbooks-a-non-braindead-way-to-
produce-textbooks/
Recent:
Being Unique Is Not The Same As Exclusive (Or Scarce)
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| Taylor Davidson alerts us to an odd blog post with suggestions on how
| photographers need to adapt to the changing market place. As Davidson
| properly notes, there's some good points mixed in there with some really odd
| conclusions. The writer does a decent job explaining how the market has
| shifted -- with the ease of digital production and distribution, the old
| exclusivities have gone away. But, from there, gets confused about what to
do
| with it, focusing on trying to build up artificial scarcities or suggesting
| that photographers try to ignore basic economics. That's not going to work.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090824/1035185976.shtml
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