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Two Great Causes to Remember in December

Thanks to Ray Beckerman for bringing the Expert Witness Fund to my notice via a post post over at his blog.

I was unaware that the donations to the fund were tax deductible. This, however, is a defense fund I am all in favor of.

Another great "rightful" organization to keep in mind’ is the EFF. [...]

The "Dancing Baby" beats an Artist with an Identity Crisis

W00t! w00t! w00t!… Seems that sanity has prevailed in this one case at least. A whining baby who seems to have an identity crisis and has lacked a hit song for over a decade has been just lost to a cute, adorable "dancing baby", Holden Lentz. (Source)

Universal had claimed that it was not [...]

The Dancing Baby is Giving "Fair Use" a Day in Court!

It is one of the newest words in the English language and today is a great day to use it. So here I go.. WOOT! I realize that so very often bring only bad news here when I discuss the RIAA, MPAA and copyright issues. Today it is not the case.

Back on [...]

The "Dancing Baby" and Universal Music Scheduled for Court

Almost a year ago, I put this post up here about an infant dancing to a song by "some artist with an identity crisis". I also heard that this same artist was a bit upset and had material he performed yanked despite the fact that he did not have rights to the song. [...]

RIAA Case Now a Class Action Lawsuit

I mentioned the other day that I, and others, thought this day was coming. I think that it is long overdue. It seems the RIAA must now defend itself in a class action suit.

I got news of via this article over at Slashdot. If you have not been following this case you [...]

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