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How Nonprofits Can Help Free Culture and Benefit from the Public Domain

NonProfit Quarterly

Currently, almost everything is legally locked down by US copyright law, but only entertainment corporations and a few thousand celebrity artists meaningfully benefit. The Copyright Trap The idea of copyright is usually framed as protection: Copyright laws protect creators from having their work stolen or manipulated.

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Why Nonprofits Need to Be Early Explorers of the Metaverse

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Without altruism and advocacy being consistently present in these early days of its formation, racism and sexism are already revealing themselves in the metaverse. There I was, being virtually groped in a snowy fortress with my brother-in-law and husband watching. The Oculus Quest 2 experience. Get the idea? About the Author.

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Dr. James explains why sustainable giving starts by answering, “Do we have a shared future?”

iMarketSmart

The game has an unbreakable law. Without this, reciprocal altruism fails. In that case, giving would break the first law. Again, giving would break the first law. Giving would break the first law. Without this shared future, reciprocal helping disappears. Two unrelated players both face these same payoffs.

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Dr. James explains what happens when fundraising metrics go bad

iMarketSmart

But they aren’t helpful as a short-term metric to guide behavior. Metrics can help, but only a little. When metrics reflect a top-down distrust of fundraisers, they don’t help.[16] Short-term, transactional behavior signals the absence of a mutual sharing or helping relationship. It can be helpful. I’m a data guy.

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What’s in a Name? The Ethics of Building Naming Gifts

Stanford Social Innovation Review

This theory relates to what American economist James Andreoni calls impure altruism , the inherent tension between philanthropy and self-interest. Law professor John Eason notes that present-day social justice movements often call for renouncing past namings for slave owners, white supremacists, or anti-Semites.

Ethics 122