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All money raised by this amazing single go directly to the people of Haiti.
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Stranded by Jay-Z Rihanna & Bono – Support this Song All Money Goes to Haiti
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O’Reilly drops ebook DRM, sees 104% increase in sales
O’Reilly drops ebook DRM, sees 104% increase in sales
It’s been 18 months since O’Reilly, the world’s largest publisher of tech books, stopped using DRM on its ebooks. In the intervening time, O’Reilly’s ebook sales have increased by 104 percent. Now, when you talk about ebooks and DRM, there’s always someone who’ll say, “But what about [textbooks|technical books|RPG manuals]? Their target audience is so wired and online, why wouldn’t they just copy the books without paying? They’ve all got the technical know-how.”So much for that theory.
Instead, expect to hear DRM apologists (either DRM vendors or technologically naive people in publishing who believe what DRM vendors tell them) now saying, “Oh sure, it works for O’Reilly, but those are tech books. Regular trade books can’t possibly work the same way!”
via boingboing.net
I love stories like this. DRM only makes it more difficult for paying customers to use their digital purchases and has no effect on piracy. The funny thing is, piracy probably helps sales. The more people who download it, the more people talk about it, and then more people buy it. DRM needs to go away and content creators have to concentrate on producing great content and giving customers a reason to buy.
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MacHeads – Watch the Documentary Film for Free
In 1985, Apple aired the commercial Macintosh the Computer for the Rest of Us offering the general public the possibility of using computers in their homes for the first time. MacHEADS follows the story of the Macintosh community and its unconditional devotion to Apple Inc. For them the Mac was not just a machine – it came with a social movement, a whole community which believed they were going to change the world. MacHEADS : is a feature length documentary which explore the loyalty of Apple Fanatics and their obsession. The film takes an in-depth examination of just what makes the Mac, the iPhone, and Apple’s other products seem like cultural phenomena rather than just consumer electronics.
via snagfilms.com
Watch MacHeads and many more documentary films at SnagFilms.com. The good news is that most of the films can be viewed any where in the world.
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Video: Steve Jobs talks to Mossberg about the iPad
Cool video. You rarely see Steve Jobs off stage. I love that one of the richest and most powerful people on the planet is rocking jeans and a hoodie.