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Successful rap producer Jermaine Dupri probably didn’t win any friends for his Huffington Post entry defending Jay-Z’s decision to sell his new album American Gangster online only as a full album. Dupri may not be a polished spokesperson, and no one wants to hear, “Why do people not care how we — the people who make music — eat?” Not when it comes from someone tied as the tenth wealthiest hip-hop mogul. Or when that person also gets to sleep with Janet Jackson. But — I can’t believe I’m saying this — Dupri is right. Of course, artists should have the right to determine how their creations are packaged. In admitting that it’s about money, too, he’s just being honest. Music is a business. It’s about coming to mutually agreeable terms with the customer, not catering to his every whim. Even Steve Jobs lets musicians sell songs on Apple’s iTunes in album-only packages. Ultimately, if consumers really have a problem with the way they do business, the artists will fail. That’s their right, too.

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PR blogger Vince Bank is peeved that tech evangelist Guy Kawasaki is using Twitter to promote his startup Truemors, instead of giving him “personal insights.” And he calls himself a PR guy? Kawasaki’s fanboys accept and defend his self-promotion. Bank even misses the valuable lesson Kawasaki taught him when Bank’s self-promoting post to Truemors was banned. He asks, “Is this a classic case of ‘Do as I say, but not as I do?’” The answer is yes. Unlike Kawasaki, Bank just isn’t brassy enough to get away with it.

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CNET senior writer Daniel Terdiman says Second Life is rife with business opportunities. While researching his book The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Second Life: Making Money in the Metaverse, he interviewed a whopping two dozenresidents who count on Second Life for their monthly income. His sage advice? “Only the cream of the crop is going to make that kind of money. Most people who do this successfully are going to find that it’s not quite that lucrative.” Terdiman doesn’t mention this one, but we think there’s an even more surefire way to make money off of Second Life: Write a book about it.

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