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You can't go a day without someone declaring that the book is dead, whether at the hand of the Kindle, the iPad, or social media.

In "Community-Supported Music," posted today on Shareable.net, Bernice Yeung describes how CASH Music is trying to develop a new model for digitally monetizing music,

It is much safer to be feared than loved, writes Niccolò Machiavelli in The Prince, his classic 16th-century treatise advocating manipulation and occasional cruelty as the best means to power.

The growing sophistication of the digital commons can be seen in its expanding political ambitions, collaborative innovations, and stylish new forms of advocacy. Below, three examples of highly original commons-based projects that really rock.