Warner Group Defends Right to Own ‘Happy Birthday’ Song
The New York Times recently published a story about filmmaker Jenifer Nelson’s lawsuit disputing the copyright of the Happy Birthday Song. It turns out the song everybody sings is privately owned by the Warner Music Group, which in 1988 shelled out some $25 million to acquire Birchtree Ltd., the owners of “Happy Birthday’s” copyright. Needless to…
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Episode 87: Obesity and the Law
By Justin TenutoFebruary 28th, 2013
Inspired by Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! campaign and Michael Moss’s recent expose in the New York Times Magazine, we thought we’d use this week’s podcast to do a deep dive into the laws around nutrition, food labeling, and obesity. We wanted to learn what leverage the FDA actually has, if Mayor Bloomberg’s large soda ban changed
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