Author Using Kickstarter To Offer His Book To The Public Domain, And Help Other Creators To Do The Same

Recently drew my attention to an interesting project and organization seeking more news public domain works. Was launched by Aaron Pogue, who self-published a few books last year, sold more than 100,000 copies, and it allows you not only to leave their jobs, but to start a organization to help content creators are paid to put their works into the public domain

. The goal is to use other systems like Kickstarter to allow fans to support the organization, called

Consortium
Pogue a kick out of this with an attempt to raise $ 30,000 for the third book of the trilogy. If we reach this goal, will publish the book in the public domain, allowing anyone to do what you want. Make a movie out of it? Go ahead. Is a fan edit it? No problem. Anything you want, once you are in the public domain.
However, it is unclear whether they will make the goal, even if it is an interesting project. I wonder why it has not grown much and I have two theories: first, the production quality of the video with the Kickstarter project is not large. I know it is not always easy, but for whatever reason, projects with a higher quality production seem to do better on Kickstarter. The other thing is that I wonder how many buyers Pogue the first two books of the trilogy not even know about this offer. In fact, I wonder if this is one of the limitations of relying on a platform like Amazon - and that can put a wall between an author and his supporters.

Anyway, I am very interested in this type of project. And it's great to see people like Pogue there - a successful artist - not only explains that copyright is not the "only" way to make money as an artist but certainly not the best way to earn money. And then take that further and help other artists make money without relying on the crutch of copyright, is a great thing to see if this Kickstarter campaign was particularly successful. At the same time, however, if you want to show some support for this type of project, visit the Kickstarter campaign and see if you think it is worth supporting.

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NFC version of Nokia Lumia 610 accidentally leaked on YouTube (update: now official)

In a world where NFC is becoming useful, its notable lack of Windows Phones from Nokia has been increasingly well
remarkable
. However, a video that appears temporarily in the Finnish phone maker has on YouTube reveals that NFC is indeed comes with a new version of the Lumia 610 on the Orange network, apparently intended to be the first phone that occurs somewhere in Europe . The video was quickly removed, but not before

Thegadgetbuff became doubtful with an extract of it, you will see after the break. Contains an interview with Andrea Bacioccola, whose working title ("Principal Program Manager, NFC") says it all - even before he gets to talk about things like Foursquare check-in speakers and pairing with the N9 and a new writer Tag app Nokia could do something similar to Xperia SmartTag customizable system. See for yourself after the break, and as mentioned, please forgive the quality Pirate clip

update :. Nokia has released a press release confirming this, and say that the new NFC-equipped Lumia 610 Orange will be quarterly beginning of the next. She is also certified for MasterCard PayPass. official video now added. Read NFC version of Nokia Lumia 610 accidentally leaked on YouTube (Update: Now Official)
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Forget Pay N' Spray: GTA3 for Android allows proper user mods

A group of cool cats has figured out how to add new textures and other mods to cars and buildings in the Android version of

grand Theft Auto 3 . The

XDA Developers

forum is a good place to start download mod files and folders can be inserted into the sdcard/android/data/com.rockstar.gta3/files / gta3 / directory (which happens to be the same directory structure as the PC version). Click the jump to see a video of one of the car mods in action and remember, your trip is not ideal for filming unless Xzibit says.

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