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Unbounded Freedom Discussion

After a lively debate between publishers, authors and copyright experts "Unbounded Freedom" is now being discussed at a special blog. This would be a good opportunity to pose the central question: how will creative work be paid for? Publishers and their representatives Continue reading »

October 2, 2006
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Economics of Open Access Publishing

This paper by Paul Peters, the Senior Publishing Developer of Hindawi Publishing Corporation, has been written for publication in the conference proceedings of Online Information 2006. Peters presents different open access publishing models and explains why so-called Big Deal journal subscription packages create Continue reading »

September 29, 2006
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Synopsis of Wizards of OS panel: “making money from free bits . . .”

iCommons has a great synopsis of the panel "Business and the Commons," which included speakers from across Europe and Brasil and covered a wide spectrum of existing open business models. Music-based businesses Magnatune, Tecno Brega and Jamendo were discussed, as well as video Continue reading »

September 28, 2006
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The Friday Project

This outfit's mission is to combine "everything that's great about traditional book publishing with the limitless possibilities offered by the Internet and emerging technologies."

September 27, 2006
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British Council advocates Creative Commons debate

Unbounded Freedom – a guide to Creative Commons thinking for cultural organisations is the first book to be published by the British Council under a Creative Commons licence. Written by Rosemary Bechler, it has been published in the belief that cultural Continue reading »

September 26, 2006
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Is Your Personality the Ticket to Financial Freedom?

Jump on the Entrepreneur Bus! (CALIFORNIA) Someone once said “There are no elevators to success. You have to take the stairs.” Perhaps there are no elevators, but when armed with The Entrepreneur Next Door, there are certainly escalators. In The Entrepreneur Next Door (Entrepreneur Press, June 2006), Bill Wagner analyzes the Continue reading »

September 25, 2006
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On The Commons: What we can learn from the “Nollywood” Model

Link: OnTheCommons.org | The Improbable Success of Nollywood.

David Bollier has a blog post at Onthecommons.org that takes a look the rising Nigerian film industry, and their more decentralized and more "open" distribution practices. (qu...

September 22, 2006
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A Swarm Of Angels:Open Business Meets Filmaking

[via smartmobs.com]. What?:

A Swarm of Angels is abou...

September 19, 2006
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Tecnobrega shows off an open business model

Belém do Pará is a city in the very north region of Brazil close to equatorial line. There, everywhere you go you’ll find a sign of Tecnobrega, which is a music style that leads an open business model in Pará. In Continue reading »

September 6, 2006
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Open Life . . . the book.

What looks like an interesting book (originally published in Finnish in 2005) on the "philosophy of open source" has just been translated into English. The book is divided into four sections discussing the principles of open source developent, the specific case of Linux and moves on Continue reading »