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The Case Of The Zappa Family Trust

Paul Carr has written an excellent paper on the clash between the ZFT and tribute bands. Looking at both conflicting points of view in depth, he comes to this conclusion: How would Zappa himself have learnt his trade if his … Continue reading

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Elsewhere

How does your language shape the way you think? Fascinating photo gallery: American pictures Living with Jesus (dot com) The Coolness Index Mutiny! The Big Pirate Bay Sellout Your browser is the new OS – Kottke nailed it 5 years … Continue reading

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Fair Use versus Corporate Avarice — A Rant

Consider the following case, of Stephanie Lenz, who made a home video of her 13-month-old son dancing to Prince’s song “Let’s Go Crazy” and then posted the 29-second video on YouTube:

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ZFT vs Zappanale: Gail Loses

Taken straight from Der Spiegel (and translated to English by yours truly): His name belongs to me, thought Zappa widow Gail — and so she started a lawsuit against the music festival “Zappanale”, organized each year in his honor by … Continue reading

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As The ZFT vs Zappanale Soap Continues

I received Zappanale‘s 19th newsletter yesterday, which talks mainly about the ZFT vs Zappanale trial. Remember that one? Back in August, there was talk of an out-of-court settlement: The Zappa Family Trust may be willing to compromise. ZFT lawyers now … Continue reading

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Uh-Oh

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Wherein Barry Copyrights His Facial Hair

That’s right, you heard right: any and all of my facial hair varieties are hereby copyrighted! You see, being the type of original artist whose legacy is to be protected by my wife upon my biting the big one, I … Continue reading

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