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| New Issue of International Journal for the Semiotics of Law Now Available Posted: 06 May 2013 12:29 PM PDT Just received: from the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law/Revue internationale de Semiotique juridique, a link to volume 26, number 2. This issue includes Bryan H. Druzin, Eating Peas with One's Fingers: A Semiotic Approach to Law and Social Norms; Gail Bruner Morrow and Richard W. |
Murrow, A Biosemiotic Body of Law: The Neurobiography of Justice, Stephen Skinner, Violence in Fascist Criminal Law Discourse: War, Repression and Anti-Democracy, and several other extremely interesting articles.
Twenty Years Later: Anniversary of a Lawsuit
Posted: 06 May 2013 12:08 PM PDT
Today on NPR: Oliver Wang looks back at the 1991 copyright infringement lawsuit that composer/singer Gilbert O'Sullivan brought against singer Biz Markie. Mr. O'Sullivan alleged that Mr. Markie's sampling of Mr. O'Sullivan's song "Alone Again (Naturally)" was an impermissible use. Mr. O'Sullivan had previously denied Mr. Markie a license to use the infringing material. The judge in the case ruled in favor of the plaintiff, and even thought the matter was a criminal one. Here's more background from Copyright Casebook. The case made legal history, since sampling was a tradition in hip-hop.
Two years later, Mr. Markie released an album, without the infringing song. The album's name: All Samples Cleared. Indeed.
Two years later, Mr. Markie released an album, without the infringing song. The album's name: All Samples Cleared. Indeed.
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