The BBC reports: A shop assistant who was told she could not sing while she stacked shelves without a performance licence has been given an apology. Sandra Burt, 56, who works at A&T Food store in Clackmannanshire, was warned she could be fined for her singing by the Performing Right Society (PRS)….
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Copyright Infringement in Playing Loud Music to Soften Up Guantanamo Detainees?
CNN reports that “A coalition of top musicians, including R.E.M. and Pearl Jam, want to know if their music was used by the U.S. military as part of controversial interrogation methods at the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.” I don’t know whether such information is discoverable using the Freedom of Information Act, but my […]
Going Rogue, Going Rouge
So here’s a cute little copyright (or trademark?) problem (or, depending on your viewpoint, an outrageous rip-off). According to Entertainment Weekly (and the Gateway Pundit) start-up publisher OR Books has announced plans to publish Going Rouge: Sarah Palin An American Nightmare, a collection of essays about the former Alaska governor with a title — and […]
And Speaking of Copyright
VC readers in New York City might be interested in this talk I’m going to be giving at lunchtime this coming Thursday, Oct. 22. It’s co-sponsored by the Copyright Society of the US and the Internet Society’s NYC chapter, and is my (latest) attempt to get people to think about how we might fashion a […]
Copyright Kerfuffle:
You probably read about the little copyright flare-up that accompanied the recent posthumous release of Michael Jackson’s new single, “This is It.” The song is, apparently, almost identical to an earlier song “I Never Heard,” co-written by Jackson and rock-and-roll legend Paul Anka many years ago but never released. Anka immediately gave an interview in […]