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Kickstarter Fail – A Federal Offense?

06/11/2015 12:00 pm by Jeff Trexler

Kickstarter Fail – A Federal Offense?

The Federal Trade Commission has just sent a press release touting its first successful action against a failed Kickstarter campaign. Jeff Trexler

Filed Under: Breaking News, Crowdfunding, Kickstarter, Legal Matters, The Legal View, Top News Tagged With: Crime, Crowdfunding, fraud, ftc, Internet, kickstarter, law, legal matters, tech

The week in review: No one did anything they didn’t want to

08/23/2013 6:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

The week in review: No one did anything they didn’t want to

Now that the outrage-o-tron has moved from torture to movie casting, here is a round-up of reactions to the “Torture Cover” post the other day. Actually I don’t even need to write anything, as the Outhouse already summed it up with CROSSED TORTURE VARIANT CONTROVERSY SPARKS SURPRISINGLY CIVIL DEBATE ON INTERNET. It’s true. No one was blackballed, castigated or petitioned. The effects and provenance of disturbing material were widely debated, but it was generally decided by everyone involved that those who like it can like it, those who want to throw up can move right over to the toilet.

Filed Under: News, Rambo, Top News Tagged With: Avatar, David Lapham, garth ennis, heroism, Internet, News, Rambo, Rich Johnston, Top News, torture porn, Warren Ellis

On the Scene: MoCCA Fest 2013, Words from the Market-Wise at the ‘Art as Profession’ Panel

04/10/2013 11:00 am by Hannah Means-Shannon

On the Scene: MoCCA Fest 2013, Words from the Market-Wise at the ‘Art as Profession’ Panel

Holding panels in the wood-panelled bowels of the Armory this year at MoCCA Fest did bring a certain gravitas to the proceedings even if the location was a little difficult to locate for the unfamiliar. When I arrived at the “Art as Profession: Creating, Promoting, and Making Money in Comics” panel at 11:30 on Sunday […]

Filed Under: Comics, Crowdfunding, Digital Comics, Events, Indie Comics, Kickstarter, News, Oni, Retailing, Top News, Webcomics Tagged With: "Art as Profession", agents, Boulet, Bouletcorp, collectives, contracts, Crowdfunding, Digital Comics, France, French comics, galleries, George Rohac, Gilles Roussel, Hansen Literary Agency, Heidi MacDonald, Internet, IP, iPads, Judy Hansen, kickstarter, Micah Spivak, MoCCA Fest 2013, Oni Press, Publishers, Sales, Scott Eder Gallery

The Long Dark Eternal September of the Soul

09/03/2012 8:00 pm by Torsten Adair

The recent, latest online activism against an online idiot encouraged me to write something which I had been thinking about for awhile. The philosophical musing began when I discovered the following on Wikipedia: Eternal September From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Long September) Jump to: navigation, search Eternal September (also September that never ended)[1] […]

Filed Under: Blogosphere, Commentary, Sociology Tagged With: dandelion seeds, Internet, trolls

Ron Marz, Mark Millar, Comics Industry Act to Shut Down Cyberbully

09/02/2012 4:57 pm by Steve Morris

Abusive attacks via Twitter aren’t new, but have certainly increased in media visibility over the past few months. Racist and sexist comments and threats have been detailed repeatedly in the mainstream press recently, often aimed at various prominent people in society. It also exists on a personal level, sadly, with personal attacks and bullying on […]

Filed Under: Legal Matters, News Tagged With: Internet, Mark Millar, Ron Marz, Twitter

The 2012 Hugo Awards will be livestreamed

09/02/2012 11:48 am by Steve Morris

The 2012 Hugo Awards will be livestreamed

By Steve Morris Tonight, Chicago will see the presentation of The 2012 Hugo Awards, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Ballroom. With categories for comics, television, novellas, fanzines and more, the only medium apparently not represented this year will be websites. Hmph! That aside, the Hugos are one of the more prestigious sci-fi awards available, having […]

Filed Under: Awards Tagged With: Awards, Hugo Awards, Internet

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