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Dirt cheap: Techdirt bets on 'free' business models
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| Heaping criticism and scorn on media companies has worked well for
| Mike Masnick, operator of the popular blog Techdirt.
|
| Mike Masnick thinks alternative business models for the music,
| film, and publishing sectors are out there. He wants to help find
| them.
|
| Masnick is the firey commentator who blasts copyright owners and
| anyone else he believes has failed to accept that in the Digital
| Age most of the control now rests with consumers. He strongly
| maintains, however, that there are still ways for entertainers,
| artists, and journalists to make money. They just have to be
| developed. Plenty of people disagree with him of course.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10351205-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
50 Cent: Piracy Is A Part Of The Marketing
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| However, when they ask him about piracy, and whether or not it
| makes him angry (around 2 minutes), he responds that: he sees it as
| a part of the marketing of a musician, because "the people who
| didn't purchase the material,
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090914/0348436181.shtml
Extra Extra: An Interview with Matthew Helmke
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| D&S: Why did you self-publish the book and not try to go the
| traditional publishing route?
|
| MH: I self-published the book for two reasons. First, I wanted the
| book to be accessible to as many students of Moroccan culture as
| possible and decided to license the book in a special way (using
| Creative Commons license) to allow people to make copies of it and
| share them or to make derivate works (like study guides or
| recordings) without fear of lawsuits (see the bookâs license
| section for more information). Also, I didnât feel that a major
| publisher would be interested in publishing a book that wasnât
| likely to be a best seller even though the information was of high
| quality and worth publishing. However, by publishing myself and
| using a print on demand company, I can list the book on Amazon and
| make it available and easy to find for people with an interest in
| the topic (and Iâm selling approximately one copy every two days,
| which is better than I anticipated).
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http://doveandsnake.wordpress.com/2009/09/14/extra-extra-an-interview-with-matthew-helmkextra/
Recent:
U.K. Minister Defends Internet Suspension In MPAA Speech
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| Meanwhile, a joint statement from the Featured Artists Coalition, the British
| Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA) and the Music Producers
| Guild also condemns the plan.
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http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ie0fe1e4b8826bd934c32abe14fad750c
Lammy appeals to film and music industries to help tackle online piracy
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| Lammy cites apparent inconsistencies in copyright law, citing the example of
| a CD owner who wants a copy on his MP3 player. "Is he breaking the rules or
| just refusing to be ripped off?"
|
| "Something isn't right with copyright. Not just in the UK but as a whole. And
| I want to do something about that," he says.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/03/david-lammy-speaks-out-on-online-piracy
An open letter to Lord Mandelson
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| Your proposal is wrong for purely economic reasons. It is wrong because it
| will stifle a major opportunity for economic growth right at the point where
| we need it most. And it is wrong because as a government your role is not to
| legislate to protect business models but to regulate in a way that balances
| the risks of damage in one sector against the potential for encouraging new
| sectors to develop.
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http://blog.openwetware.org/scienceintheopen/2009/09/04/an-open-letter-to-lord-mandelson/
Creative industries and consumersâ rights
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| We hope that the Government will consider genuinely consumersâ rights in its
| endeavours to protect the creative industries.
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6819093.ece
Good Thoughts on Naughty Lord Mandelson
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-thoughts-on-naughty-lord-mandelson.html
The Right to Science and Culture
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1354788
Peter Mandelson Defends His Sudden Conversion To Kicking People Off The
Internet
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| You do realize that a UK-based music organization (PRS) recently released a
| report noting that the music industry in the UK is actually growing? Right?
| These are the sort of facts the Secretary of Business knows, right? And if
| the industry is growing, despite complaining about file sharing, isn't it
| possible that the real issue is just focusing on business model improvement,
| rather than the hand of gov't stepping in and slapping people around?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090831/0134186048.shtml
BSA Jumps Onto The Three Strikes Bandwagon
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| More troubling, however, is that when questioned about the new statement by
| Ars Technica, the BSA said it was necessary because "last year our industry
| lost over $50 billion (USD) worldwide." Hmm. It's really quite troubling that
| the BSA still stands by these numbers when they've been debunked so
| thoroughly over and over again. They count the "retail value" of every piece
| of software as being "lost," which is clearly a lie. Five years ago, the
| research company that runs these studies for the BSA, IDG, flat out said that
| the BSA was wrong in claiming that "the retail value" of the software is the
| same as "losses." So why does the BSA continue to get away with claiming it?
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090831/0230056052.shtml
UK "Three Strikes": Please Write to Your MP
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| Yesterday I wrote a quick analysis of the insane U-turn effected by the UK
| government over "three strikes and you're out". Below I've posted the
| corresponding letter that I've sent to my MP on the subject.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/08/uk-three-strikes-please-write-to-your.html
Fon and Games with "Three Strikes"
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| Suppose, now, that people use some of those million hotspots to download
| copyright material: how easy is it going to be (a) establishing exactly who
| downloaded it and (b) cutting off that person?
|
| Gives a new meaning to the term "hotspot"...
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/08/fon-and-games-with-three-strikes.html
Lord Mandelson pays off his Â750,000 mortgage within a year
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| The mystery of how Lord Mandelson managed to afford a Â2.4 million town house
| in Regent's Park took a new twist this week with his claim in a newspaper
| interview that he did not possess a mortgage on the property.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/6011346/Lord-Mandelson-pays-off-his-750000-mortgage-within-a-year.html
38 Degrees backs campaign against âDigital Dictatorâ Mandelson
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| Online campaigners 38 Degrees have launched an attack on Mandelsonâs plans to
| give himself the power to order internet cut-offs without trial. Other
| campaigners from a range of NGOs are getting in touch with us about this:
| there is a growing sense of outrage among people who know that the internet
| is the most important political tool we have.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2009/08/38-degrees-backs-campaign-against-digital-dictator-mandelson/
Taking something for nothing is wrong . . .
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| [by] Peter Mandelson
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/guest_contributors/article6814187.ece
UK Wants to Zap File-Sharers
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| It seems the British government is going loony for anti-piracy rhetoric from
| the likes of U2 and David Geffen.
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http://newteevee.com/2009/08/25/uk-wants-to-zap-file-sharers/
Mandelson goes to war on teenagers downloading their music and movies... just
days after dining with anti-piracy billionaire
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| Lord Mandelson launched a crackdown on internet piracy just days after
| meeting a leading Hollywood critic of illegal file sharing.
|
| The business secretary plans to criminalise the estimated seven million
| people - one in 12 of the population - who illicitly download music and films
| over the internet.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1206901/Mandelson-launches-crackdown-file-sharing--just-days-meeting-record-producer.html
âTaking something for nothing is wrongâ â No, not expenses, data.
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| In the meantime I am going to increase my sharing of Linux distros and hope
| that someone tries to accuse me of sharing files illegallyâ..lets see how
| much of my unlimited monthly broadband I can use. Maybe time is up for the
| proprietary model? Maybe you should now be looking towards FOSS and the GPL?
| You certainly donât have to worry about sharing issues then.
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2009/08/29/taking-something-for-nothing-is-wrong-no-not-expenses-data/
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