Back in the 80’s, MTV was cutting edge. To many of us growing up back then, music videos were as much a part of the soundtrack to our lives as the music itself. Inspired, my high school class produced its own music video; a lip syncing production of Devo’s We’re Through Being Cool which was seen by less than a thousand people at my school’s annual musical revue. [

Every year, I take on at least one intern to work in my office. I expect them to do quite a bit of scut-work and provide support to the office. In return, I let them see and hear what it’s like to negotiate and litigate in the entertainment business. The reps on the other side of the deal are usually gracious enough

Despite all of the self-help books preaching the contrary, people have a hard time living outside the moment. So, it’s difficult for them, let alone a whole industry to shake the mindset that the current ecology of the business will continue to be bleak forever. But this sour economy is just a part of a normal business cycle which will pass.

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Some T-shirt vendors were asking this question after they received cease-and-desist letters from the National Football League compelling them to stop selling shirts that included the traditional cheer of New Orleans Saints fans. The NFL had asserted rights to “who dat” earlier last week through the Florida Department of State, and it issued cease-and-desist orders against New Orleans vendors, including the Fleurty Girl shop on Oak Street, which sells Saints memorabilia decorated with the phrase.

Joel Tenebaum is a "long-term, hardcore, and willful copyright infringer whose misconduct caused Plaintiffs to suffer incalculable harm," the record labels argued today in their brief opposing his motion to reduce the jury's award of $675,000 for downloading and "sharing" 30 songs over the KaZaA peer-to-peer network. The labels' brief shows no mercy toward the Boston University physics grad student, repeating that "Time after time, Tenenbaum falsely denied responsibility for the infringement, blamed his friends and family for his own illicit activities, and lied under oath": Tenenbaum complains