Based on the popularity of our earlier post on the hallyu wave, we plan on writing more about Korean culture. We are starting with music…
The paradox is to wield Che in an attack on [capitalism], its critics must participate in it. They engage in the act of consuming Che….
After a truly great time presenting about fan culture two years ago at MIT5: Creativity, Ownership, and Collaboration in the Digital Age, we presented at…
There’s been much bloggage about the AP-photo based Shepard Fairey Obama Hope poster, but one issue I haven’t seen discussed in the midst of discussions…
In her “sequel” to No trespassing : authorship, intellectual property rights, and the boundaries of globalization, Eva Hemmungs Wirtén’s Terms of use : negotiating the…
I’ve been reading several interesting books on both the cultural and economic significance of Japanese popular culture, ranging from a general overview, to the business…
While no book can fully explore a culture, two recent books, Sheridan Prasso’s The Asian Mystique: Dragon Ladies, Geisha Girls, & Our Fantasies of the…
An essay by Valleywag writer Paul Boutin is proclaiming the death of the blog. It’s become too professionalized, is his argument. Clearly, in the age of…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkogKAZGm_g] As I previously wrote about in my post, Heart’s Barricuda: A lesson in licensing, ownership, politics, and moral rights, politics and artists have clashed…
After many months, Judge Patterson issued an opinion (PDF) in the Harry Potter Lexicon case, ruling that the Lexicon, could not be published and ordered…