The Chess Game of Fact Checkers As Applied To Music
“You are entitled to your own opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts.” – Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan For the past several election cycles, a cottage industry…
Fair or Foul Fowl: The Obama Big Bird Ad from a Copyright Perspective
In anticipation of tonight’s debate, I’d like to discuss, from a non-partisan IP law perspective, something that came out of the first Presidential debate: the Big Bird ad. I think…
Osvaldo Golijov: Thief? Collaborator? Genius?
Seems like it’s been a while since we had some Golijov bashing (and defending) on our site. What do you think about this story about a Eugene Symphony premiere, with…
Copyright vs. Copyleft
In reaction to a roundtable discussion on the subject of copyright on The Hooded Utilitarian blog, NYC composer Jonathan Newman hits several nails squarely on the head: I realize how mercenary…
Ripped your Adams CDs to your computer? The RIAA says pay up.
And you thought the only ones who needed to worry were the illegal file-sharers? After reading this article, think again: …in an unusual case in which an Arizona recipient of…