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Mon 05 May 2007Boldy going where no fan has gone beforeConvergence CultureNew film-making and editing technologies mean fans can now make their own episodes of their favourite shows, writes Haydn ShaughnessyI could be guilty occasionally of overstating the impact of what is happening on the Internet, but take these few points. In a recent correspondence with artist Scott Kimball recently, he pointed out the blurring of rational economics by the online virtual world Second Life. In Second Life people trade goods for pretend money. It might be, for example, that somebody creates virtual clothing that others buy for the virtual equivalent of peanuts. Or the seller might take those clothes and sell them for real money on the auction site eBay.