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This month’s cover illustration is by Masakuzu Yamazaki, courtesy of Loftwork, Japan.

Focus on Piracy

• Everyone is a Pirate: DRM in Brazilian Digital TV
  Paula Martini breaks down the debate on the latest controversial issue coming out of Brazil. Check this out for some great audio interviews too!
• I-Pyrate
  Prashant Iyengar explains why classifying piracy in India as “wrong” may be too simplistic a way of looking at this phenomenon.
• The Asian Privateer
  Alli Fish challenges the perceptions of the Asian pirate, taking into account both the history of colonialism and postcolonial realities.

Focus on Libraries

• Open Library - All The Books You Could Ever Read
  Due to launch in October, this online library will be a space to view entire books as scanned images. Rebecca Kahn spoke to tech lead, Aaron Swartz.
• Commoner Profile: Tim Spalding @ LibraryThing
  A whole community has developed around LibraryThing, the space where cataloguing books, and social networking, collide. Rebecca Kahn spoke to the creator of the site that has catalogued 17 million books to date.

Focus on Toolkits

This month we feature a whopping three Commons Toolkits in the Lab Report:

• How to: throw a HOT party.
  The first of Heather and Jimmy’s 50 greatest parties, was held in Singapore last month. Kevin Driscoll, one of the key organisers, provides an outline on how to throw a hot party, in only five easy steps.
• How to: get sponsorship and media attention for your Commons event.
  In this month’s Commoner Profile, we fire 10 questions at WikiMania organiser TzuChiang Liou. He passes on tips on how to get the sponsorship you need to organise a Commons-related event, and how to spark to media interest in the gathering.

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