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The Net Fund
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Rhizome and Thing.net, managers
This fund contains projects
that have to do with the Internet, the World Wide Web, and computer technology
in general. Its cutting-edge
nature makes this a dynamic fund and maintains its high rate of turnover.
The Net Fund is managed
by Thing.net, a preeminent activist service provider, and Rhizome, a prominent group of Internet analysts and educators.
To discuss or help with a project, click on its NAME button.
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DESCRIPTION (click here for help)
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magx
net
corp
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US$200
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funds
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Done! See CNN. "Set up an e-business that allows people to sell their votes directly to corporations, cutting out the politico middle men. This business will be profitable, and may also demonstrate the corruption of the corporate campaign contribution process. Proof for investors will be provided by a functional e-business and media coverage."
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net
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US$5000
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"How many people have been displaced from their reasonably priced rentals in the speculative market of dot com San Francisco alone since the going baud rate was 14,400? If 14,400 people who once lost their rentals to gentrification--through evictions, owner move-ins, renovations, condo-izing, etc.--each put in $50, we could save one single house, and remove it from the speculative market. If you have ever been evicted by gentrification, you can participate in this futile attempt to save 633-637 Haight from the Yuppies. Pledge $50 of your hard-earned money; if 14,399 others do it as well, the asking price of the house will be met and the residents will not have to move down in life! Send your pledge (not the money, just the pledge) of $1 to $50 to slewison@hotmail.com. Over 1000 pledges have been received so far! If 14,400 pledges are collected, you will be asked to send in the money, and a legal structure will be set up for your protection; the house will become a community center for the last of San Francisco's non-market-driven people."
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net
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workers funds
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"Launch a website dedicated to making fun in an entertaining way of a seemingly omnipotent corporate figure (Bill Gates?). Get the figure angry enough to sue, generating massive media coverage. (See Virtual Bill Clinton for an example, at http://www.protocomix.com/)."
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net
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workers funds
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for "a worker at a very high-profile web site who substitutes shocking graphics or texts for standard advertisements or other features (they must remain in place long enough for thousands of visitors to see them)."
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net
comm
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US$1000
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workers funds
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"Create and distribute a number of head-mounted computer devices similar to those used by the 'cyborgs' at the MIT Media Lab, that would track those cyborgs and report, via retinal monitor, on the MIT cyborgs' whereabouts and online activities."
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workers funds
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"Create hilarious or stupid/offensive ad-banners for corporate websites. Try to place them in link-exchange or likewise. ('I've never gotten fucked like in the new Audi TT!') One strategy might be to first create some nice average homepage banner and after a while change the motif and the destination."
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net
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workers funds
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"Purchase e-mail lists and subscribe to bulk-mailing services (usually about $150). Use these lists to send messages informing recipients where their addresses were bought, how the messages were sent, and urging them to complain. Provide real contact for the companies that you want to receive complaints, as well as legislators' contact info and other anti-spam resources."
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net
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workers funds
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"If you buy things or simply request information from many web sites, they will put your name on a list and sell it to other e-commerce interests without your knowledge. Set up a website that tracks the sale of personal email accounts by submitting unique email addresses to suspect sites. When you receive unsolicited mail from 3rd parties with the unique address, you will know who originally sold the name. Heavily publicize your findings on your site and in the media."
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