Efforts to sink the word's largest BitTorrent tracker backfired into political scandal and spurred even more downloading. But the three guys behind the Pirate Bay are facing a national controversy of their own. Part one of a two-part series by Quinn Norton, reporting from Malmo, Sweden. Plus: Gallery: The Faces of Sweden's Pirate Wars
In Tokyo's packed doujinshi comic book markets, fan-created manga is king. Unshackled from Western copyright maximalism, creators re-imagine familiar characters in new and interesting story lines. Commentary by Jennifer Granick.
You hear a lot about cutting-edge, high-end bots, but what about a robot you can buy for $30 or less? Time to take a gander at today's budget bots and their many splendors. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.