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Arnold Kling – who by the way, looks exactly like an “Arnold Kling” – says many of us misunderstand the economics of the Internet: all interpersonal transactions can be sorted into four relational models. Communal Sharing Authority Ranking Equality Matching Market Pricing In a Communal Sharing transaction, such as a …

Internet usage up, but users more wary of content, UCLA study finds: About 61 percent find the Net “very” or “extremely” important as an information source, according to the third annual nationwide survey on the Internet from the University of California at Los Angeles. That’s roughly the same as the …

We came to scorn, but we stayed for the talent. Dawn and I have somehow ended up watching 2+ of the 3 American Idol episodes thus far, including last night, where, I am abashed to admit, I ended up giving a rat’s ass what happened. Damn. There were cracks showing …

AOL Time Warner yesterday reported the biggest annual loss in American corporate history, $98 billion. Ted Turner is quitting, following Steve Case out of the executive suite. The Washington Post does not shy away from extreme terms: The enormous financial loss comes just two years after the widely heralded $112 …

We have had many stories dealing with DRM – Digital Rights Management. But what is it exactly? Our smart bud Kevin Marks of mediAgora has a primer: DRM means any digital mechanism for negotiating rights over an interaction. Honourable DRM means that the resulting agreement is in good faith, is …

The Verizon ruling is troubling on several different levels, most broadly for privacy concerns, but it may also bode ill for the very industry that pressed the case in the first place, says Eliot Van Buskirk in his “MP3 Insider” column for CNET: Punch Networks offers online lockboxes for the …

“The Impact of Technology on Music Business Today” March 3 at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York. A very serious lineup of speakers including: Chris Gorog, CEO, Roxio Sean Ryan, CEO, Listen.com Marc Schiller, CEO, Electric Artists David Del Beccaro, CEO, Music Choice Alex Luke, …

Kurt Vonnegut is a socialist pacifist with a romantic/tragic view of life forever haunted by the specter of suicide: his mother’s in 1944, his own failed attempt in 1984. As such, his view of life and mankind has grown succeedingly more dim over time – the trajectory is clearly visible …

David Gallagher looks at the transmutation of mix-tapes to mix-CDs in the NY Times: THREE or four times a week, Joshua Bernard opens his mailbox and finds a package sent to him by someone he has never met. Inside are homemade CD compilations of music that he often knows little …

Just kidding – sort of. If you’re in LA on Feb 15, check this out. Panelists include Blogcritics Doc Searls and Tony Pierce. RHIZOME.LA – LIVE FROM THE BLOGOSPHERE! Event Date: February 15, 2003 Time: 7:30pm Panelists: Mark Frauenfelder, Heather Havrilesky, Evan Williams, Susannah Breslin, Doc Searls, Tony Pierce Panel …