It actually does explain a lot!

[heidi]

So that meme that asks you to find the song that was #1 the day you were born?

Mine was George Harrison's My Sweet Lord, which is, in legal circles, famous for being at the center of one of the fundamental cases on unintentional copying and is used as a teaching tool in copyright law classes.

Ah, so much makes perfect sense now.

Off to check with our domain host to see what is up with FictionAlley's DNS stuff....

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[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I think this case has done more to stifle the recordation/distribution of creative expression by artists - especially rap, hip hop, mashup and those who play with sounds - than pretty much any other case. I wonder what the musical world would've sounded like the last 40 years without its impact.