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Approaching Infinity w/ DMCA T-shirt

What you get:

Paperback copy of Approaching Infinity by Mike Masnick
Limited Edition Techdirt T-Shirt
Techdirt Crystal Ball
"Techdirt Insider" Badge on your Profile

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The Details:

While there have been a bunch of great books written in the past year or two touching on topics we write about here, way back in 2006 and 2007, Mike wrote a popular series of posts outlining the basic economics at play *and* how to take advantage of it. Over the years, people have often asked us for a printed copy of it, and we're finally offering it now. Including a brand new introduction, and having certain sections rewritten/updated to better flow as a short book, you can now purchase your very own copy, which we've dubbed: Approaching Infinity: Embracing Opportunities in Abundance.

If you buy it here, you also get a supporter badge, the Techdirt Crystal Ball and a limited edition Techdirt t-shirt.

We're doing this a little differently this time -- we'll be taking orders for 2 weeks ONLY. Orders close at Midnight, Monday, November 16th. After that, we'll print and ship everything. So please get your order in soon so we can start planning. Orders should ship around the first week of December.

Now Shipping Internationally: We are now shipping to international addresses as well, but please note that you may be on the hook for additional customs or duties.

If you are looking to read the original series online, here they are:

• Economics Of Abundance Getting Some Well Deserved Attention
  
• The Importance Of Zero In Destroying The Scarcity Myth Of Economics
  
• The Economics Of Abundance Is Not A Moral Issue
  
• A Lack Of Scarcity Has (Almost) Nothing To Do With Piracy
  
• A Lack Of Scarcity Feeds The Long Tail By Increasing The Pie
  
• Why The Lack Of Scarcity In Economics Is Getting More Important Now
  
• History Repeats Itself: How The RIAA Is Like 17th Century French Button-Makers
  
• Infinity Is Your Friend In Economics
  
• Step One To Embracing A Lack Of Scarcity: Recognize What Market You're Really In
  
• Why I Hope The RIAA Succeeds
  
• Saying You Can't Compete With Free Is Saying You Can't Compete Period
  
• Perhaps It's Not The Entertainment Industry's Business Model That's Outdated
  
• An Economic Explanation For Why DRM Cannot Open Up New Business Model Opportunities
  
• Recognizing That Just About Any Product Is A Bundle Of Scarce And Non-Scarce Goods
  
• Scarcity Isn't As Scarce As You Might Think
  
• The Grand Unified Theory On The Economics Of Free

A great series of articles on the economy of abundance by Mike Masnick from TechDirt. If you're interested "supply" and demand in a digital economy, and learning more about new business models these articles are for you. you don't need to buy the book since he provides all the articles for free at the end of the post (it would be pretty ironic if he didnt) but the tshirt is worth the entire 35 bucks to me!