Go to the iTunes store and listen to 30 seconds of “I Need A Freak,” recorded in 1983 by the band Sexual Harrassment. This song was licensed by one of defendants (dba Sexual Harrassment) to the Black Eyed Peas for use in ‘My Hump’ in 2005. Plaintiff alleges he wrote the song. Defendant alleges acquiescence.

Sometimes decisions are interesting because the issue in contention is so apparently uninteresting (by this point). The Berne Convention pretty much (but not exactly) says that it is not self-executing. There are many U.S. decisions that say that it is not self-executing (and every SDNY decision holds that it is not). Congress, when it implemented

Penguin Group prevails on summary judgment regarding interpretation of contract with Steinbeck estate regarding “The Pearl,” which I read in seventh grade and didn’t particularly care for due to unhappy ending. Also, some anxiety wrt scorpions due to book.
Decison Steinbeck Estate