As part of our free culture roundtable, Caro presents several of Nina Paley’s comics, Including a depiction of the murder of Gary Groth.
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Worst. Mashup. Ever. (And Some of the Best)
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on March 13th, 2010 at 6:59 AMAs part of our copyright roundtable, blogger and bastard pop fan Alan Benard assembles a list of links to great mashups. Thus inspired, I have attempted to create a mashup of my own. It’s not pretty.
Steal This Blog
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on March 12th, 2010 at 7:27 AMClassical composer Jonathan Newman explains why abolishing copyright would make his income disappear, as part of our roundtable on Nina Paley, copyright, free culture, and related issues.
Interview with Nina Paley, part 2
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on March 10th, 2010 at 1:23 PMCaroline Small concludes her interview with Nina Paley.
Interview With Nina Paley, Part 1
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on March 9th, 2010 at 12:40 PMCaroline Small interviews Nina Paley, comics artist, creator of the animated film Sita Sings the Blues, and free culture activist.
Sita Sings for Your Entertainment
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on March 8th, 2010 at 10:52 AMWatching Sita Sings the Blues makes me see the downsides of free culture.
All My Darling Daughters
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on March 8th, 2010 at 9:00 AMFumi Yoshinaga is not at her best in the short story form. In longer series, her weakness for glib psychoanalyzing can be overwhelmed by her virtues: sublime nonsense in Antique Bakery; a matchless feel for character interaction and development in Ooku. In All My Darling Daughters, though, the tales get clipped off with pat endings and pat-er moralizing before Yoshinaga can plumb either nonsensical heights or emotional depths. 
Read This And I Own Your Brain
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on March 7th, 2010 at 5:08 AMA plea for less idiotic copyright laws, kicking off a weeklong discussion of copyright, free culture, Nina Paley, and related issues.
The Cartoon Introduction to Economics : Volume One: Microeconomics
Posted by Noah Berlatsky on March 5th, 2010 at 12:01 AMSo is this book a work of art? I would say that it is — though not a great one. Whatever its weaknesses, it was clearly created by particular people to be read by particular other people, rather than, as is the case with most textbooks, created by committee to be read by no one.
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