George Carlin, free speech advocate, gone at 71

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 Posted in Civil Liberties, Humanities | No Comments »

I was talking to my father-in-law on Sunday morning about which show George Carlin ws likely to bring to his upcoming night at the River Rock.  Would it be the silly and hilarious poke at absurdity that generates his funniest ...

Fair Play and Griefing in Second Life

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008 Posted in Intellectual Property, Video Games, Virtual Worlds | No Comments »

Terra Nova has an interesting piece on the issue of fair play in virtual worlds. I think the question is whether "griefing" could be considered infringement to fair play, which implies that fair play exists as a principle, and ...