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From NPR’s On The Media. For the full Copyright Flack transcript visit NPR.
With the AP’s new news DRM distribution system and the struggling newspaper industry, NPR and First Amendment lawyer David Marburger discusses the redistribution of the news and the U.S. Copyright Act.
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Great quote from webchick.net in their article A tale of two developers. “Resist the urge to isolate yourself until ‘perfection’ is achieved.”
Nieman Journalism Labs: New method tracking engagement? Measuring reader engagement by how often they copy and paste.
Creativity Online: Content creation for the 21st century. Very cool.
Forbes: “Becoming the search master isn’t the answer, relevance [...]
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There are many are great working examples of crowdsourcing. According to Jeff Howe, a leader in the area of crowdsourcing and author of Why the Power of the Crowd Is Driving the Future of Business his white paper definition of crowdsourcing states:
“Crowdsourcing is the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent [...]
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(Not the real time web) a great podcast from This Week in Tech with hosts Leo Laporte, John C. Dvorak, Pete Cashmore, and Jason Hiner. This week’s podcast is fantastic, animated, humorous, opinionated, and informative.
Topics Covered:
Netflix 10% competition.
Microsoft’s ads and Apple.
AT&T’s 4chan Block.
Slashdot Hardware Story.
Amazon Reports Lower-Than-Expected Sales.
Gates Faults U.S. Policy on Data Privacy and [...]
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Mashable: Top 7 Places to watch great minds in action. Good to see TED (talks) on the list.
Louis Gray: Locking customers to your product? It’s probably not good then. On point.
Tech Dirt: Surprised to see this back in the news? Not really. Grandstanding anti-Craigslist politicians still not satisfied.
News Futurist: Interesting post. AP has no place [...]
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Jeff Howe talks about crowdsourcing, communities, open call, and the impact on business. In his white paper version Howe describes crowdsourcing:
The act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call.
Based initially on [...]
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Forrester: Josh Bernoff and Forrester, Groundswell Awards — I love the diversity.
Wired: AP doesn’t know its protection tech doesn’t protect.
Financial Times: Apple joins forces with record labels. The title is a bit sensational but an interesting approach in the age of digital music.
Conversation Agent: Listening, for a change.
Nieman Lab: The Times should focus on niches, [...]
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Why Comments Matter
by Ben Taylor on July 29, 2009 · Comments in Editorial Tagged as: AVC • Boston Globe • comments • Disqus • Douglas Bailey • Fred Wilson • New York Times • online discussion • Paul Krugman
Recently Douglas Bailey, President of DBMediaStrategies, published an opinion piece on Boston.com (Boston Globe) titled “Got a comment? Keep it to yourself” suggesting we abandon comment forums at the end of articles on newspaper websites. I encourage you to read the full article and judge for yourself. Frankly, it was a challenge for me to [...]
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