talk of sampling and even more about derivative works…
I came across this article about sampling over on BoingBoing the other day and I thought it was an interesting read because it kind of ties back into my rant fr...
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“Let those who worship evil’s might, beware my power…”
…the deceptive summer blockbuster trailer! Finally went and saw this one last night, and as much as I really wanted it to be awesome, it just really wasn&...
It’s Not a “Survey” If You Tell Me How to Answer!
Generally I’m a fan of companies actually asking for customer feedback, and although I honestly don’t really respond to them very often, I think the newfound tr...
Frustrated with Copy & Paste Customer Service
I know that we’ve still got a couple of days left to go, but so far this has been a bad week with regards to me having to deal with customer service departments...
Chaos Follow-Up
Would you believe that over the weekend, this guy had the nerve to call me and tell me how upset he is about the situation?! He started off somewhat sincere, st...
my problem with Facebook apps…
…or maybe it’s actually with Facebook privacy settings in general – I’m honestly not sure anymore… I hardly use any apps at all on...
A Weekend of Chaos
Even after a full night’s sleep, I’m still not entirely sure that I’m ready to write about this, but to say the very least, it’s been an extremely fucked up wee...
Man eats 25,000 Big Macs, and I’M the overweight one?!
This just doesn’t seem fair. You may remember this guy from Super Size Me as the Big Mac fanatic who in his youth would eat 9 Big Macs a day! Of course, now tha...
Copying is Bad, Take Two
Earlier this week I wrote a post about creator copyright that was inspired by Nina Paley’s ridiculous little jingle called Copying Isn’t Theft. Still not able t...
Copying IS theft!
I understand that the source is actually a little old, but this video about copying and copyright by Nina Paley that I was pointed to by the folks at webcomics....