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Tuesday

16:10 David Braben, Once Angry At Used Games, Now A New Business Model Embracer (33)

Friday

18:40 Artists Embracing, Rather Than Fighting, BitTorrent Seeing Amazing Results (10)

Thursday

15:41 Vodo's Big Brother Bundle Shows How Bundles Can Improve The 'Pay What You Want' Concept (12)

Tuesday

23:06 Price Elasticity Can Work: Dropping Ebook Price To $1 Catapulted Year-Old Book Onto NYT Best Seller List (58)
16:03 The Good And Bad In Chaotic eBook Pricing (35)
05:18 Game Creator Finds That Knockoffs Can't Match His Awesome Game (33)

Thursday

23:09 The Value Of Kickstarter: Connecting With Fans On-The-Fly (18)
10:02 Massive Growth In Independent Musicians & Singers Over The Past Decade (102)

Wednesday

23:54 Cool New Platform For Supporting Artists: Patreon, From Jack Conte (23)

Monday

05:46 A New Hope: How Going Free To Play Brought Redemption To Star Wars MMO (48)

Friday

11:16 There Is No Logic To The Argument That Zach Braff Shouldn't Use Kickstarter (105)

Monday

06:00 When Startups Need More Lawyers Than Employees, The Patent System Isn't Working (55)

Wednesday

03:14 Hitchhiker's Fan-Site Started By Douglas Adams Shows Why Authors Shouldn't Panic Over Derivative Works (27)

Friday

09:21 Patents As Weapons: How 1-800-CONTACTS Is Using The Patent System To Kill An Innovative Startup (54)
07:19 How EA's 'Silent Treatment' Pushed The SimCity Story Into The Background (55)

Thursday

13:30 Deftones Guitarist: People Who Download Our Music Are Fans, They're Welcome To Do So (29)
13:10 Macklemore Explains Why Not Being On A Label Helped Him Succeed (29)

Wednesday

03:45 Successful Self-Published Ebook Authors Sells Print & Movie Rights For $1 Million, But Keeps Digital Rights To Himself (43)

Monday

11:53 Musician Alex Day Explains How He Beat Justin Timberlake In The Charts Basically Just Via YouTube (52)

Wednesday

00:09 Publishers Show Yet Again How To Make Money By Reducing The Price To Zero (42)

Tuesday

20:13 Flattr Makes It Easier Than Ever To Support Content Creators Just By Favoriting Tweets (61)
16:03 Case Study: Band Embraces Grooveshark And Catapults Its Career (21)

Friday

19:39 Amanda Palmer On The True Nature Of Connecting With Fans: It's About Trust (132)

Monday

16:03 Kickstarter-Funded Movie Wins Oscar For Best Documentary (89)

Friday

13:41 It's Fine For The Rich & Famous To Use Kickstarter; Bjork's Project Failed Because It Was Lame (20)
17:34 Connecting With Fans In Unique Ways: Band Sets Up Treasure Hunt To Find Fan-Submitted Sounds In New Album (10)

Monday

07:27 Just As Many Musicians Say File Sharing Helps Them As Those Who Say It Hurts (132)

Tuesday

20:00 Skateboard Legend Stacy Peralta Demonstrates His Latest Trick: Cashing In By Going Direct-To-Fan (13)

Wednesday

23:58 Wallet Maker Shows Everyone How To Make Their Own Awesome Wallet (16)

Thursday

11:27 $274 Million Raised Via Kickstarter In 2012 (8)
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