Tag: Writers
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Neil Gaiman on Copyright
Every once in a while Open Rights Group which I support does something that really enforces why they need to exist – this interview from author Neil Gaiman about how ‘pirating’ his books actually increases sales (upto 3000%!) is one of them. Interesting how he sees it as a form of lending rather than something…
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RC 186: London Bridge is Falling Down (London Part 2)
London Bridge Is Broken down, Dance over my Lady Lee. London Bridge Is Broken down With a gay Lady. Take a key and lock her up, Lock her up, Lock her up. Build it up with silver and gold, My fair lady. Gold and silver I have none, I have none, I have none. Silver,…
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doing the rounds / technology and infostress
This funny text is doing the rounds atm: “This morning I woke to my alarm clock, powered by electricity generated by the public power monopoly regulated by the US Department of Energy. I then took a shower in the clean water provided by the local water utility. After that, I turned on the TV to…
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The Pirate’s Dilemma
It seems like music the book selling model is changing – Boing Boing has had a lot of posts recently that support the fairly obvious theory that giving away free e-books actually increases sales (it makes total sense, try before you buy always increases sales, and like CDs sometimes you want the physical object, more…
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Podcasting Hacks
My reading for the flight has arrived – it’s the new O’Reilly book Podcasting Hacks. It’s amazing who’s also been involved in this book – I didn’t know until I received a copy that the hacks are written by many of the podcasting community including Brian Ibbot, Michael Geohegan, Craig Pratchett, Phil Torrone, edited by…