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Seder-Masochism — Nina Paley

Nina Paley, creator of Sita Sings the Blues, has another animated movie out called Seder-Masochism. It’s about Exodus and turning away from the Earth Mother Goddess and toward patriarchy. You can learn more about the film on Wikipedia. You can … Continue reading

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Further Update on Happy Birthday Copyright

A US judge (George King) has ruled that Warner/Chappell, which acquired the copyright to Happy Birthday in 1988, only bought rights to specific arrangements of the melody, not to the actual song. Warner/Chappell got the rights when it bought another … Continue reading

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Musopen

On August 15, 2010, Aaron Dunn of Musopen launched a Kickstarter project to raise money for a recording goal. His vision was to hire an internationally renowned orchestra to record some great classical music, and then release it into the … Continue reading

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