pirates

Did Sinking Pirate Bay Cause More Piracy? And Does It Matter Anyway?

Kit Eaton — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:19:59 -0500

Pro-copyright activists celebrated while file-sharers cried at rulings on the Pirate Bay's illegality, and the subsequent attempts to sink the site. But some new data suggests piracy sites tripled in the aftermath, which really doesn't sound good.

11 Facebook Applications That Were Built to Fail

Brendan Collins and Rachel King — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:45:05 -0400

1. My Celebrity Boyfriend

On Celebrity Endorsements

Spike Jones — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:44:45 -0400

So the buzz these days is that Crispin Porter + Bogusky is getting Jerry Seinfeld (to the tune of $10 million) to star in the upcoming ad campaign for Microsoft Vista alongside Bill Gates.
There is a lot of skepticism, like MS wanting to connect to a younger
audience with a pitchman whose series ended a decade ago. Or the rumors

Say Hello to the Logo Police

Spike Jones — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:09:10 -0400

The Wall Street Journal reported this weekend that there is a large group of Chinese people that have been employed by the International Olympic Committee to walk around the Olympic venues and Village and PUT TAPE OVER ANY LOGO that isn’t an Olympic Sponsor.

Seriously.