Friday, February 22, 2013

Changing Business Models in the Creative

Industries: The cases of Television,
Computer Games and Music


This is an independent report commissioned by the Intellectual Property Ofice
(IPO). This work was supported by the Economic and Social Research Council
(grant number RES-173-27-0219)
Dr. Nicola Searle
October 2011

Thursday, February 21, 2013

INTERACTIVE AUDIENCES? THE 'COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE' OF MEDIA FANS By Henry Jenkin
Voluntary payment models, by Yochai Benkler

Commons-based Peer Production and Virtue*, by YOCHAI BENKLER and HELEN NISSENBAUM. The Journal of Political Philosophy: Volume 14, Number 4, 2006, pp. 394–419

COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE: Creating a Prosperous World at Peace Foreword by Yochai Benkler (Re-mixed by Hassan Masum) The Wealth of Networks: Remixed Highlights
Prefaces by Thomas Malone, Tom Atlee, & Pierre Lévy. Edited by Mark Tovey. Afterword by The Rt. Hon. Paul Martin & Thomas Homer-Dixon. The Internet and the Revitalization of Democracies

The Wealth of Networks. How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom, by Yochai Benkler

EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE†: SOCIAL COOPERATION AND ARTIST COMPENSATION, by Leah Belsky, Byron Kahr, Max Berkelhammer, Yochai Benkler

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Synfig Studio is a free and open-source 2D animation software, designed as powerful industrial-strength solution for creating film-quality animation using a vector and bitmap artwork. It eliminates the need to create animation frame-by frame, allowing you to produce 2D animation of a higher quality with fewer people and resources. Synfig Studio is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS X.

Friday, February 15, 2013

Levels of HTML knowledge
PrestaShop is the most reliable and flexible Open-source e-commerce software. Since 2007, PrestaShop has revolutionized the industry by providing features that engage shoppers and increase online sales. The PrestaTeam consists of over 100 passionate individuals and more than 400 000 community members dedicated to innovated technology.
Shoulders of Giants -- A Paper on the Inevitability of Open Source Dominance

(Con Zymaris)

Thursday, February 14, 2013

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Schmoozing and Smiting: Trust, Social Institutions, and Communication Patterns in an MMOG
Rabindra A. Ratan
University of Southern California
Jae Eun Chung
Kent State University
Cuihua Shen
Dmitri Williams
University of Southern California
Marshall Scott Poole
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Freeing the Mind : Free Software and the Death of Proprietary Culture, by Eben Moglen*
Enable Viacam (eViacam) is a mouse replacement software that moves the pointer as you move your head.
It works on standard PC equipped with a webcam. No additional hardware is required.
It's completely free, open source and easy to use!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Friday, February 1, 2013

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