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Wow, that seems like some pretty serious brand dilution.

I'm curious - does anyone know if TED charges any sort of fee to the local TEDx licensees?

No fees, you just apply online.

Isn't it free for a certain number of attendees, and not free if you go above?

The way that works is if you want to run an event with over 100 attendees then you have to attend one of the three main TED events.

Obviously. It's a significant advantage to be able to use the TED brand.

There's no fee, you apply online for a free TEDx license.

That's... huh. I think I'd actually rather it cost money. Then, at least, only rich people would be diluting the brand in this way--besides there being fewer of them, there's at least a small correlation between wealth, free time, and ability to immerse oneself in the liberal arts to the point that one can give interesting TED talks ;)

(Or, to be more cynical in a Robin Hanson-esque fashion, "get off the TED stage, low-status people we don't care to affiliate with!")

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