Brain Candy, LLC received the first five pages of the commissioned Runes of Gallidon comic being developed, and they look great. The artist, Bernardo Negron, is managing to produce visual interpretations of the comic script (written by Tony Graham) in a way that matches our vision but also includes value-adds here and there. We’ve had […]
Free! Summit – Ultimately a Success?
A bit late, but I wanted to mention the Free! Summit conference I attended last week up in the Bay Area. It was put on by SageScape, and it featured a lot of great speakers (Mike Masnick, Chris Anderson, etc.). Here’s a summary from techdirt. In general, it was a great conference that touched on […]
A Brief Respite
Posting will be light to non-existent for the next month or two – have to focus on Brain Candy site overhaul and rebranding, Runes of Gallidon site updates, the new series of posts about digital content I want to draft, and a lot of Kenji writing that’s gotten pushed off recently. Apologies in advance…
ACTA Update (yet more exclusivity)
Boing Boing just provided an update on the ACTA language and policy, and it’s about as bad as informed observers feared. Based on what has been leaked so far and including statements from various countries currently participating in this essentially closed-door negotiation process, it would appear that the U.S. and other countries have grown tired […]
DOJ, a subsidiary of the RIAA
Wired just posted about yet another DOJ appointment having come straight from the RIAA legal halls. That’s FIVE RIAA appointments. I am struggling – incredibly hard – to reconcile this trend in DOJ appointments with an administration that paints itself as forward-thinking and technically savvy. The current U.S. copyright and IP laws are subsidizing broken […]