May It Please The Court: Weblog of legal news and observations, including a quote of the day and daily updates
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5/14/2013 - Convicted Killer of Seven Wants Playstation in Jail Cell 4/26/2013 - The Big Print Giveth and the Small Print Taketh Away 3/14/2013 - When Is a Volunteer an Employee Covered by Work Comp? It Depends on the Pixie Dust you Sprinkle. 2/21/2013 - When Is A 10˘ Charge Imposed by the Government Not A Tax? more...
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Quote of the Day - The prelude to Tristan and Isolde sounded as if a bomb had fallen into a large music factory and had thrown all the notes into confusion.
There's A Mouse In Your Podcast, But No Legal Music YetYou may be reading this, and some may be listening to me. Right now, I'm grateful that you're a dedicated enough listener of MIPTC's podcasts without music, bumpers or other stingers. It would be nice if it stayed that way, but podcasting is about to take a turn for the commercial.According to the AP, NPR is negotiating to pay royalties for music on podcasts. Apparently, no one podcaster or group of podcasters have the rights to place music on podcasts - which doesn't stop some podcasts from doing so, illegal as it may be. The stakes are presumably big - if anyone can figure out how to make money at it. The AP article cited above notes that blogging caught the media establishment off guard, and they don't intend to be caught off guard again. Witness Disney's podcasts. If the Mouse thinks enough of podcasting to make a go of it, maybe the first law podcaster can figure it out, too.
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