Digital Economy

Political Novelas, Rock Star Miners and Record Growth: A Latin American Year in Review

Roberto Ramos | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hugo Chavez, Peru, Venezuela, Latin America, Dilma Rouseff, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, Brazil, Wikileaks, Mario Vargas Llosa, Digital Economy, War on Drugs, Diplomacy, South America, World News
Roberto Ramos

In the super competitive digital coupon space, Brazil's Peixe Urbano and Mexico's BuzzUrbano give North American leader Groupon a run for their money. In the underlying psychology behind digital consumption, Latinos have the cultural edge.

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Digital Economy Bill: Illegal Filesharers Would Have Internet Disconnected

Telegraph | Emma Barnett, Technology and Digital Media | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Bill, Illegal Filesharers, Filesharing Crackdown, Copyright Violation, Copyright, UK Filesharing, Digital Economy, UK Filesharing Bill, Digital Economy Bill, Copyright Protection, Filesharers, Technology News

Illegal filesharers will face having their internet connections turned off under proposed legislation in the finalised Digital Economy Bill published ...

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Should Internet Content Be Free? The Best Model to Save Newspapers, Books, and Music in the Digital Age

Anis Shivani | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Limited Copyright, Newspapers, Free Content, Copyright, Content, Artistic Collaboration, Perpetual Copyright, Copyright Extension, Chris Anderson, "Free: The Future of a Radical Price, Intellectual Property, Music, Creative Commons, Lawrence Lessig, Cross-Subsidies, Publishing Industry, Free Economy, Digital Economy, Digital, Future of the Internet, Google, Wikipedia, Public Domain, Paid Content, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Microsoft, Books, Business Models for Digital Content, Thomas Jefferson, Death of Newspapers, Newspaper Industry, Mark Helprin, Linux, Moore's Law, Espresso Book Machine, Art, Piracy, " "Digital Barbarism: A Writer's Manifesto, Advertising, Digital Age, Music Industry, Freemium, " Free, Media News
Anis Shivani

How can we retain, even enhance, creativity in the digital age, taking advantage of near-zero costs of redistribution? Two recent books consider the question.

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Media Depression Amplifies Unhappiness

Steve Rosenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Digital Economy, Media, Business Reporting, Journalism, Economy, Business News
Steve Rosenbaum

So, for those of you who aren't sure where to start -- the answer is easy. Take what you do, what you love, what you know, and invent a digital version.

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A World Where Money Grows On Trees?

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Car Sales, U.S. Economy, Digital Economy, Digerati, Retail Sales, Internet Sales, Forrester Research, Amazon, Economy, Business News
<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

In the virtual universe, a cornucopia of colorful opportunities await!

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