When things are undecided in the world of law, you can bet that someone is looking to take advantage. The most recent example of this behavior is the attempts by the company Games Workshop (GW, for shorts) to own their “space marine” character as a trademark across a broad range of products instead of as a singular copyrighted expression. As an...

When things are undecided in the world of law, you can bet that someone is looking to take advantage. The most recent example of this behavior is the attempts by the company Games Workshop (GW, for shorts) to own their “space marine” character as a trademark across a broad range of products instead of as a singular copyrighted expression. As an...

As the prophecy has foretold, the meta-ness (meta-tude?) of NBC’s television show Community has resulted in a fake part of the show really happening. For those that are unfamiliar, an episode of Community from Season 3 centered on a plot where the father of Pierce Hawthorne (played by Chevy Chase) created a digital challenge for his progeny and seven friends that must be completed in order to claim his inheritance. That challenge manifested itself in the form of an 8-bit game, which meant an...

As the prophecy has foretold, the meta-ness (meta-tude?) of NBC’s television show Community has resulted in a fake part of the show really happening. For those that are unfamiliar, an episode of Community from Season 3 centered on a plot where the father of Pierce Hawthorne (played by Chevy Chase) created a digital challenge for his progeny and seven friends that must be completed in order to claim his inheritance. That challenge manifested itself in the form of an 8-bit game, which meant an...