by Deborah Krieger The conceit of Yu-Gi-Oh! The Abridged Series (Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged) is simple, but effective: Since 2006, YouTube user LittleKuriboh condenses one or more…
by Keidra Chaney The publication of Textual Poachers in 1992 opened the door of acceptance for an academic study of fan communities and transformative works,…
The New York Times recently had an article on LOLcats, specifically the ICanHasCheezburger site, and I wondered, what took so long? Is it because it…
Until recently, Clay Shirky was best known as the author of Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. The book was widely praised…
Around about the end of last year, all the big shit web 2.0 blogs started to pull together their prediction list for 2010. I was…
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…
Remix: Making Art and Commerce Thrive in the Hybrid Economy, is the highly recommended third book by Laurence Lessig, focusing on why and how copyright…
Uh-oh. According to Mashable, LiveJournal, of blogging’s old warhorses, is in some big financial trouble: The company has reportedly laid off 20 of 28 employees,…
Like other grown fangirls, I have a recent history of reading fantasy literature book series that I’m too damn old for. (Harry Potter, Twilight) While…
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many months, Judge Patterson issued an opinion (PDF) in the Harry Potter Lexicon case, ruling that the Lexicon, could not be published and ordered…