: “Ariana Osborne is credited as “Chief Mechanic” on the FreakAngels(1) web-comic/graphic novel series (written by Warren Ellis, artwork by Paul Duffield). In practice it seems that this means…”
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: “There’s an interesting discussion going on at TechDirt about the evolving business model being used by musician Amanda Palmer. …”
: “Every week I seem to read some nonsense spouted by ill-informed journalists regurgitating a press release from the music industry. This week it was Dan Sabbagh in The Times condemning “…the…”
: “Building on Chris Anderson’s article Free! Why $0.00 Is the Future of Business I wanted to try to summarise some of the freeconomics models that have been tried out so far (if I’ve missed any,…”
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: “Free distribution of digital content (music, books, visual art) is embraced by—and benefits—customers because it gives them access to a much wider range of content. This is because the…”
: “In every industry I’ve worked in, people have been obsessively concerned about underpricing their products. …”
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: “I wanted to take a short break from writing long articles to provide a quick list of links to various sites and online tools which can help artists with selling art online. …”
: “OK, read this blog post by Kevin Kelly first. …”
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: “When text on the web is free and abundant (even more so than music and images), why should a person pay for it? In other words, how can writers (and by “writers”, I’m including writers of…”
: “Umair Haque just asked “Is Etsy the next Google?” due, I think, to Etsy’s ability to build a community of artists & makers alongside (inside?) a community of art-, fashion-, and…”
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: “Kentucky-based collage artist Randel Plowman launched a new project back in March 2006. The project—called A Collage A Day—was ambitious to say the least. …”
: “With Chris Anderson's next book Free due to be previewed on the front cover of Wired magazine next week, there’s a lot of chatter about how the way to make money in the future is to give stuff away.…”
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: “I’m trying to alternate theory with practical examples, and it’s time for a practical example again, this time from my own practice in the world of visual art. …”
: “There’s been a lot of analysis about Radiohead‘s “pay what you think it’s worth” new album digital release at the tail end of last year. …”
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