CASE OVERVIEW
The Open Business Guide will include descriptions of and references to successful companies/organizations where elements of sharing (free/open products/services), transparency (open source) and community involvement is the base of a company’s business strategy. The list is under construction - feel free to comment and/or add to the list.
Full case descriptions are currently produced at the wiki.
The cases are sorted by creative industry.
MUSIC
- The music label Magnatune
- Jamendo
- Nine Inch Nails’ Ghost I-V and The Slip albums
- R.E.M’s Supernatural Superserious
R.E.M’s main site
R.E.M’s on Youtube - Einstürzende Neubauten Alles Wieder Offer project/album
EN’s main site
FILM
- Blender.org
- The Open Source Movie project A Swarm Of Angels
- The Open Source Film netlabel VEB Film
LITERATURE
- CC licensed Sci-fi author Cory Doctorow
- Author and online writer John Scalzi
on his free ebooks leading to increased sales - Publishing house Tor’s free ebook series
SOFTWARE
- The Open Source database software MySql
and the connected community platform
DIGITAL ART
HARDWARE