Category Archives: copyright

“Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes, Barney Google bet his horse would win the prize. When the horses ran that day, Spark Plug ran the other way! Barney Google, with the goo-goo-googly eyes!” Several novelty songs introduced in 1923 have … Continue reading →

In yesterday’s post, I linked to a law review article that cited a court decision as “755 F.3d 496”.  That’s a kind of citation that pops up a lot both in law review articles, and in court decisions and briefings … Continue reading →

As I noted in yesterday’s post, under US copyright law we sometimes get early works by long-lived authors in our public domain earlier than most other countries do. But we also often have to wait longer for authors’ late works.  … Continue reading →

Few authors have had as longstanding an influence on their genres as Agatha Christie.  In her more than half-century career writing detective fiction, she established (and then often went on to break) many of the expectations of the English “whodunit” … Continue reading →

Today marks the start of the Christian season of Advent in my church, four Sundays before Christmas. It’s an important time of the year for vocal music, as choirs both sacred and secular rehearse and perform Christmas-related music in services … Continue reading →