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		<title>3 Unintended Consequences Of SOPA/PIPA</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:28:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently gave a quick overview of SOPA and PIPA, the two bills in the House and Senate, respectively. The legislation can kill the internet as we know it by letting anyone bring down an entire website by claiming copyright infringement. Even worse, there is no due process. A website can be taken down with [...]


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		<title>SOPA/PIPA Explained: Why You Should Care</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:24:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Also See: 3 Unintended Consequences of SOPA/PIPA The current SOPA/PIPA legislation slithering through Congress is probably one of the most dangerous pieces of legislation we&#8217;ve seen in recent history. Both bills threaten free speech in America and can ruin the internet as we know it. SOPA/PIPA will also be job killers. A lot of the [...]


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		<title>Remember When The Internet Was A Novelty?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 15:54:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We take the internet for granted today. It&#8217;s a part of our daily lives and a lot of people even making a living of the tubes. But it wasn&#8217;t always like this. For the younger generation, it might come as a surprise that the internet used to be a novelty. I remember my dad telling [...]


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		<title>Why Amazon Doesn&#8217;t Need To Terminate Affiliates Over Sales Tax Laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been one of the unlucky Amazon affiliates to be dropped from the program because the state of Illinois passed a law that would require Amazon to collect taxes on all sales in the state. The law says that the online seller must have a physical presence in the state, and Illinois considers affiliates to [...]


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		<title>Bill O&#8217;Reilly Inc. &#8211; A Study In Personal Online Branding</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what your politics are and regardless of what you think about Fox News host Bill O&#8217;Reilly, you have to admit one thing: He&#8217;s been a master at marketing his own online brand. If you haven&#8217;t been to O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s website, check it out. From offering a premium membership area, costing $49.95/year (very rare for [...]


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		<title>Google+ Creates Huge Demand With Limited Invitations</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:22:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Google is creating huge demand for something that is already out there and readily available: A social network. Since unveiling Google+ last week with a limited number of invitations, demand for access to Google&#8217;s newest project has soared. In fact, invites to Google&#8217;s social network are so limited and in such high demand, people are [...]


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		<title>Amazon Dumps California Affiliates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 22:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The largest online retail website Amazon.com dropped thousands of California affiliates on Wednesday. Amazon affiliates in California are the latest victim of an ongoing campaign by states to collect sales tax from online retailers. The catch is, however, that the retailer must have a physical presence in the state to collect the sales tax. State [...]


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		<title>Why Would An Author Pirate His/Her Own Books?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 16:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We often hear about authors and publishers speaking out against piracy and how piracy will be the death of the publishing industry. But rarely do we hear about authors pirating their own work. Is this some kind of publishing bizzaro world? I thought so when I first read this post from Goodreader. In part, it [...]


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		<title>Kindle NYT Subscribers Get Free Access To NYT.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:53:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Amazon announced yesterday that subscribers to the Kindle edition of the New York Times will gain free access to the NYT website. The paper recently erected a paywall (which is ridiculously easy to bypass) that officially went live Monday March 28. Here&#8217;s the press release from Amazon: Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that customers who subscribe [...]


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		<title>Chicago Sun-Times Headline FAIL</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes it&#8217;s easy to forget that even major news publications can make mistakes. Everything from spelling and punctuation errors to getting names wrong in a story. It happens. But I usually don&#8217;t see many mistakes in news headlines &#8211; online or print. Yesterday, I found a doozy. When browsing through the headlines on Yahoo!&#8217;s homepage, [...]


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