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Economically, open looks better than closed

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Here’s a tidbit of a Infoworld report about the study: By one measure — “value added,&# which the report defines as “an industry’s gross output minus its purchased intermediate inputs&# — the fair use economy is greater than the copyright economy. economy by copyright industries amounts to $1.3

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Speaking of open social networks …

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is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Better Together: Collaboration and.

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If youre completely lost, the Nonprofit Collaboration Database is a great place to start. Its packed with helpful information, as well as a searchable database of nonprofits who are looking for partners. Plenty of resources are appearing to help guide and promote collaboration. Research Friday: Really, Your Tax Exemption has be.

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IP Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There is a very interesting PDF floating about with a powerpoint presentation by the CEO of the RIAA about the copyright/filesharing, etc. I’m looking forward to the Crooks and Liars channel! I’m going to watch this pretty carefully. issue as they see it. Uck.They still don’t get it.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: $250000 Collaboration Prize Finalists.

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This information is organized in an easy-to-use, online database. Posted by ASU Lodestar Center at 2:57 PM Labels: AIM Alliance , collaboration prize , Jill Watts 1 comments: Travis Butterfield said. They want everyone to have access to the wisdom gained not just from the Finalists, but from all of the applicants. Check it out!

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Convio Open: How APIs May Change the Way You Work - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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As I learned from attending the just completed Convio Summit in Austin, Texas, a discussion about APIs and databases fortunately doesnt have to be technical. The essence of an API is that it enables databases and applications to talk to each other, so you can share data and host data in multiple places simultaneously.

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Social Media Study Finds Most Nonprofits Have Presence on Facebook But Raising Little Money - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Receive monthly updates 3 Comments | by Share Article in Marketing Research , Social Networking , Trends , Web 2.0 Reader Comments (3) I definitely agree. May 11, 2009 | Caitlin Jennings Copyright © 2008, Care2.com People think that by creating their own social media site that everyone will just flock to them.