Did you know that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's speeches had to be re-written for the movie Selma because his estate would not license them to the filmmakers? Some of the most important oratory in our nations history is private property, meaning it is *illegal* to make a movie about that history without paying a private…

What a thoughtful and well reasoned argument. Petty fan? Corporate apologist? Lawyer? One of those ex-hippies who ironically finds himself defending the right of the super-rich to become super-richer by doing absolutely nothing new on their own other than suing people? All commendable positions. (yeah no)

These songs are similar only in that they're both crap. This is a serious perversion of copyright law, but the record labels all want to preserve a regime where they can enforce their rentier business model. It has a descending 3 note motif, like thousands and thousands of other pieces of music. To be clear: it's…