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RIP Doug Fieger, 57, leader of The Knack

RIP Doug Fieger, leader of 70s pop band The Knack, who died of cancer.  The Knack wrote classic power pop tunes combining a gritty edge with a Beatlesque gloss, including classics My Sharona and Good Girls Don’t. Like many teens learning to play guitar in the 70s, I spent far too many hours torturing my parents and […]

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Sending @injunctions via Twitter?

Reuters reports that the High Court of Britain has ordered an injunction to be sent via Twitter: Britain’s High Court ordered its first injunction via Twitter on Thursday, saying the social website and micro-blogging service was the best way to reach an anonymous Tweeter who had been impersonating someone. The order will appear for the […]

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Did statutory damages destroy the music industry?

Have statutory damages become a narcotic that helped to destroy the music industry?  As reported elsewhere, file-sharer Joel Tenenbaum was found liable for $675,000 by a jury for copyright infringement of 30 songs.  The basis for the damages is the statutory damages provision of the Copyright Act, which permits copyright owners to seek between $750 […]

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The patient dragonfly

As readers of my site know, I love photography.  Weston, where I live, was part of the Everglades not too many years ago, and a 10-minute bike ride will get me to one of the last great frontiers of American wildlife.  Sometimes that wildlife can be found in your very own back yard.  A few […]

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