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Jim Prendergast is executive director of Americans for Technology Leadership.
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And a shill for Micro$loth.
See the previous post from GrokLaw for the dissection of this article.
Jeff Bezos’ open letter on used book sales
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An oldie but still goodie on the used book argument.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)smashed-screen-desktop-picture
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Cool! And potentially deadly, depending on who you pull this on…
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: AP – A&E: Study: Used books are $2 billion industry
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Glad to hear/read it. there are a lot of comments made by folks in the new biz here but they left us, the used book sellers, out.
We sell mostly out of print books and as such I don’t see where we hurt the publishers or the authors AT ALL. Where else is someone supposed to find out of print books?
http://www.bluespringsbazaar.com, our business is internet only. Not sure that we will stay that way but for now tis the only outlet we have. At present time we have somewhere over 17000 books with about 2700 online. Still got a LOT of shelves to build just to house current stock.
But in all of those we only have 200 to 300 used books that are on the shelves here that you would find on the shelves in a new book store. The rest are out of print. And the ones that are still in print don’t sell as well as the ones that aren’t.
So I just don’t see how the publishing houses can say that we are hurting them as badly as they are saying. Seems like a lot of FUD to me. But that’s just my personal opinion…
Techdirt:File Sharing Leads To A Life Of Crime
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I don’t know where they got the facts and figures that they twisted on this poll but I doubt that there is much if any truth in the “study”.
The Blog | Carl Pope: Can Anyone Explain This? | The Huffington Post
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Sounds like the governator is trying to outdo Alfred E. Bushie in highly visible stupidity. Either that or the Republican party as a whole is planing on taking the next few years off by forcing every one with half a brain to vote against them.
Techdirt:Someone May Want To Explain To Record Execs How Little Power They Really Have
If Warner pulls out of iTunes, then people will simply get their songs for free on file sharing networks or just not listen to Warner songs at all. In either situation, Warner loses… big time
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And all the artists signed with Warner lose big time and will then have a reason to sue Warner and hopefully be able to break their contracts and go indie…
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This kind of thing is the RIAA’s worst nightmare.
Thanks Guys! Great music! And DRM FREE!
Latest News and Financial Information | Reuters.com
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Buy-Buy Bubble Bye-Bye…
Treehugger: Giant Knotweed Extract: An Organic Fungicide
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Interesting! And potentially necessary. I’ve noticed a whole lot more fungus and mold this year than in the past. All the bamboo I cut this spring is discolored from it and the wood that I am using that has been stored for a year is all black and mottled.
The Blog | Paul Krassner: The System Works | The Huffington Post
The System Works
There once was a congressman named Delay
The Republicans all shouted Hooray
With his ethics he toyed
Now we’ve got Schadenfreude
But America’s laws — please obey
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😉
Minnesota becomes first US state to require biodiesel
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Requiring it to be made from soybeans is a serious mistake. Shouldn’t be a requirement that it be made from a particular product, just that it is made from a renewable resource.
Shredded tires a cheap, environmentally friendly way to cover landfills
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Awsome use for old tires!
Poll: Most doctors favor evolution theory
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I’ll take a jewish doctor, please.
Those are some scary figures. And this from a group, that as a whole, I would have thought would know better…
I bet the ones that are believers in intelligent design have a higher death rate. 🙁
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