12
Jan
2018
Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanian Litigation
Fred Waring and his allies launched a number of lawsuits in the 1930s to prevent radio stations from playing their record; this... Read More
7
Dec
2017
Archival Adventures: The First Louisiana Copyright
As folks to this blog likely noticed, I engaged in a project to bring together all pre-1870 copyright records, which culminated in... Read More
26
Oct
2017
Another Season, Another Common-Law Copyright Opinion
To be clear, this is my opinion only, and the views expressed in this post, and indeed this blog, should not be... Read More
24
Oct
2017
Blogiversary, Mark 1: Looking Forward
It’s hard to believe that today marks the one-year anniversary of when I first posted to this blog in earnest (I started... Read More
10
Oct
2017
The Forgotten Origins of Copyright for Photographs
It’s fairly well-known that photographers like Matthew Brady used photographs in unique and important ways during the Civil War to document the... Read More
14
Sep
2017
Mini-Post: 1947 Copyright Office Report on Editing Music
It’s been too long since I made a proper post – I’ve been busy putting together a piece I’m calling An Empirical... Read More