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Creative Commons Audiobooks

Posted by timothy on from the good-for-the-brain dept.

xanderwilson writes "The New York Times (2nd half of the article; free reg. required as always) writes, 'Project Gutenberg is well known for offering free electronic versions of famous public-domain texts. Now Telltale Weekly wants to be its audio-book equivalent.' Of interest to others in the Slashdot community: Ogg Vorbis and MP3 downloads, payment via Bitpass micropayments, and a cheap-now, free later (with a Creative Commons License) business model." (And if you buy the Ogg Vorbis versions, part of the money goes to xiph.org.)

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  1. Time to upgrade by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Time to look into getting 4Mbps internet and upgrade the 120G hard disk to make room for the War and Peace mp3.

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    1. Re:Time to upgrade by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Ulysses in normal units...

      about 3 football fields, half a great pyramid at Giza and 10 VW bugs.

  2. Re:finally someone "gets it" by Molina+the+Bofh · · Score: 2, Funny

    why else is stuff like Pink Floyd or Led Zepp's back catalogue so expensive still some thirty years after first release???

    This is so in order for the mentioned artists not starving to death.

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