Anime Character Pushes Positive DRM

And a child shall lead them. In a rare move from a mainstream media outlet, anime schoolgirl Haruhi Suzumiya pushes positive DRM on behalf of Japanese media giant Bandai.

Stick that up your rootkit, Sony. More at Anime Mashups.

From Paper to Web 2.0

Many of my flamers are actually neo-luddites who still fear the Web like it’s 1999, stubbornly clinging to old ideas forged in the bygone days of a paper-based world. This remarkably creative video takes us on the journey from paper to Web 2.0, showing us the things we need to rethink along the way: copyright, privacy, ethics, etc.

Once you’ve got the gist of that, get started with this handy Web 2.0 cheat sheet.

(Video via Frank Gruber.)