What is Originality Any...

Besides being a very talented artist and animator, Nina Paley became involved in the fight over copyright when her project Sita Sings the Blues was almost sunk when she discovered that she needed to pay a fee to use some 80 year-old songs, and ended up having to pay $50K to use what had...

The Kindle: Godwin in t...

Even as I was talking about how people have trouble with change as they grow older, The Huffington Post published an article a few days before that proved my point beautifully. It also manages to highlight a technique that’s often used to cover up a lack of a cohesive argument:...

EA makes a Spore choice...

  There’s a war raging over at Amazon right now as a loosely organized group of frustrated users are using the Amazon rating system as a way to voice their deep disappointment with the DRM that’s being used on Spore. If you haven’t been following along, the...

Star Wars Gangsta Rap...

It is what it says it is, but it’s better than it sounds. Definitely NSFW...

Out of Work Writers Tur...

This started about a month ago, and it looks like things are moving forwards. At least three start-ups, each with a different business approach, are unveiling their corporate monikers and the names of their founders as they intensify the search for venture capital and top management. With...