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Too true. The problems with the IWF is the lack of oversight. I wrote to my MP, who replied it was nothing to do with them, as they are a seperate organization, and wrote to my ISP, who said they have nothing to do with the "blacklist" itself.

The IWF seem to occupy this quasi public / private space in which the only way to get to them is via public opinion.

It's just Warner in the article.

Since Guitar Hero is owned by Activision / Vivendi Universal, I'm pretty sure they're OK with it.

I think Barthes's Death of the author pretty much destroys the idea of cannon at all - so the question "is it art?" is irrelevant. It both is, and is not art, at the same time. It's how you choose to interprit it that's important.

The author of the article here uses Barthes, but then ignores him, becuase Blow's voice is too omnipresent. He wants to deconstruct the game to find his meaning, but is distracted by trying to find the difference between the character's voice and Blow's voice - both in the game and online.

There is no One True Meaning - you can only pull each thread of narrative as you find them attractive and see where it leads, using your own experiences to make connections with other works of art, or other moments in your existence.

The moment anything is created, the author loses control over it - they cannot choose how anyone will interprit anything, as they are different from you.