[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdPpRnzO9Aw] This was supposed to be a book review of William Patry’s new book, Moral Panics and the Copyright Wars. However, while reading this book,…
Once again, there may be another Gidget remake — the type that stars Miley Cyrus or other starlets of her ilk in a “fun on…
With a license, do you own the e-book? Recently, Amazon.com deleted electronic books written by George Orwell back from customers’ Kindles, including 1984. While Amazon…
So I was at a reception the other day, talking to someone about the internet and the free/gift economy and how it’s the inevitable future…
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….
David Bollier’s Viral spiral : how the commoners built a digital republic of their own is a very good book with a horrible title. While…
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…
I was pretty psyched when I learned that music journalist Ian Christe had started his own book publishing company focused on heavy metal, Bazillion Points….
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGSaGOqFZ5w] Summary: Benjamin Nugent’s American Nerd is a worthwhile but deeply flawed book. The first section creating a social history of nerddom is unique and…