More musical copyright craziness: Every melody has been copyrighted and stored on one hard drive.
Wait. What? Damoen Riehl and Noah Rubin have set out to catalogue and copyright every single melody that’s musically and
Read moreWait. What? Damoen Riehl and Noah Rubin have set out to catalogue and copyright every single melody that’s musically and
Read moreAbout ten days ago, the Geeks&Beats podcast I host with Michael Hainsworth received a takedown notice from Universal Music, alleging
Read moreSchmooze, the elder English bull terrier, had her tenth birthday yesterday. She still thinks she’s a puppy, which is fine by
Read moreWe’re running out of melodies. After almost seventy years of modern rock and popular music, it’s become insanely hard to
Read moreIn what’s bound to be viewed a scary decision for internet service providers (ISPs), Cox Communications, a cable and internet
Read moreA federal court in Virginia ruled that an ISP could be held liable for one of its users sharing pirated
Read moreI hate to say it, but I called this one. When the “Blurred Lines” verdict came down–the one saying that
Read moreHard to believe that after nearly 10 years, the “Dancing Baby” lawsuit is still in process. Even harder to believe
Read moreWhen the verdict in the “Blurred Lines” vs. “Got to Give It Up” trial came down, I told everyone who
Read moreYou knew this had to happen. When Alberta premier Rachel Notley got together with the mayors of Edmonton (Don Iveson) and
Read moreYou thought it was over, did you? Hah! Pamela Chelin reports in The Wrap how this whole thing just keeps
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