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The Costly Sound of Silence

September 26, 2020 by Sean Myers Leave a Comment

Only in postmodern music can you find an entire album of someone raking their leaves. To many of us, listening to postmodern music has significantly less appeal than walking, texting, and suddenly falling down an uncovered manhole. The genre is full of musicians who inhale, wistfully ask, “What is music, anyway?” and then stare off…

Filed Under: Featured, Lawyer Tagged With: copyright, john cage

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Bitter Friday: The Festering Garbagehole of U.S. Copyright Law aka We All Die Broke and Alone

October 16, 2015 by Brandon de la Cruz Leave a Comment

A lot of people that I talk to about copyright law immediately declare that it’s too complex to think about and therefore beyond their ability to decipher. This is exactly what copyright holders want us to do. They’d rather us spin our wheels arguing at the water cooler over whether “Blurred Lines” sounds like a…

Filed Under: Critic, Featured Tagged With: bitter friday, copyright

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Bitter Brief 27: Penis Pump Judging, Mississippi Law, and the IP of Power Rangers

November 3, 2011 by Bitter Brief 6 Comments

Kimber and Mark discuss the stiff penalty for the penis pump judge, question Mississippi’s sanity, and bring up the Power Ranger copyright suit.

Filed Under: Columns, Lawyer Tagged With: Bitter Brief, copyright, criminal law, judges

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