[GAS] Explains: Music Royalties for Dummies

By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Considering how much “education” about music and copyright is out there (“downloading music is stealing!” ads and the like), most people have no idea how it actually works in terms of who owns what and who should get money from what kind of use. And lately, with issues like […]

Toshiba comes over to the Blu side

Toshiba is to release its first Blu-ray DVD player. It comes 17 months after the firm’s decision to ditch the rival HD-DVD format effectively spelled the end of the next-generation format wars. At the time, Toshiba spoke of exploring other ways of delivering high-definition content rather than DVD, such as portable drives and wireless technology […]


Movie Review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] I have a long history with Harry Potter – getting the books at midnight (and reading them in the eight or so hours immediately following), going to line parties for some of the film premieres, dressing as Tonks for Halloween, even writing law review articles about fandom. I point […]

If you thought Torchwood wasn’t kid-friendly, wait ’til you see these aliens

This past week, the five-part Torchwood miniseries “Children of Earth” aired on BBC 3. This was a replacement for a typical season-run for the third season of the show, much like Doctor Who is interspersing four “specials” (one down, three to go) throughout the year rather than the usual thirteen-episode season. Torchwood has always been […]