Brad

I have this on cd. Good Art I thought. Never saw him in concert but did get to see Ponomarev several years ago.

Torts wasn’t my favorite course. I took naturally to Contracts and one of the benefits of the course was that I learned Article 2, which served me well later in my professional life. The same professor also drilled us on Bankruptcy Law and I later on had a few bankruptcy cases involving suppliers; nothing complicated, mind you. Never really cared for Real Property Law, too cute and dry for me. Same for Trust and Estates. I think the most important thing I learned from those courses that it wasn’t malpractice in California to draft a will that violated the rule against perpetuities Oddly enough, in the latter part of my career, when our company was acquired, most of my work centered around real property.

This is an excerpt from the New York Times story: “Manfred’s report also named the Mets’ new manager, Carlos Beltran, as one of the Houston players who initiated the idea of decoding and communicating signs with help from an illicit camera in center field and a video monitor near the dugout. Beltran is not facing discipline from the league, though, and a Mets spokesman said the team had no comment on his inclusion in the report.” Frankly, I don’t see how he keeps his job. Technology, Once the Astros’ Ally, Helps Do Them In

He’s probably on the chopping block too. It wouldn’t surprise me if Hinch was hired by the Mets when his suspension is up. He and the GM are good friends.

The ones that stand out are You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me and I Only Want to be With You. Back in the mid 60s, she reminded me of a female Tom Jones.

We have Directv and I came across this channel that airs a program called Rock Legends, which appears to have been made in Britain. They’re narrated by three music journalists and give you a bio of an artist. They can’t get too too in depth since they’re 30 minutes long. The one about Dusty was not bad; she had quite a varied career. I was generally aware of her growing up; could you not with such an unusual name. A lot of catchy tunes.

No, KC vs 49ers. I’m hoping the 49ers win (my son is a huge fan) and realistically I think they will win. Me? I’m a suffering Jets fan

Won’t be happening.

I believe the Restatement has more force than a law dictionary.

Not to belabor the subject too much more since I’m sure it’s of limited interest but the Loyola University (Chicago) School of Law Library Guides says that “Never think of a legal dictionary as a final stop in your research. While some, like Black's, are considered very trustworthy, remember that the definitions in a legal dictionary are not official, authoritative statements of the law.”

This article indicates that the Judge in the case, in deciding in favor of Sony, used Black’s and Webster’s dictionaries. Seems odd to me but there it is. https://www.courthousenews.com/sony-ducks-royalty-lawsuit-from-toto/

Compared to the ones they’ve done in the past, they’re poor.

Talk about being lazy. I think their attorney or outside counsel could find plenty of case law demonstrating the difference.

I think — but am not absolutely sure — that it’s up to the copyright holder to object.

Although I have no complaints at all with the service provided by the Jazz Depot Service both here and through eBay, I have twice requested to be added to the mailing list, without any success.

Over the years I’ve listened to a sampling of the Four Freshmen and they’re better in small doses, in my opinion. However, I do realize they have a lot of fans. Interestingly, they were a big influence on The Beach Boys. See this conversation with Brian Wilson. Quite interesting. Brian Wilson talks Pet Sounds, Chuck Berry, Four Freshmen, exotica and more

RIP.

An interesting article on music copyright lawsuits in Rolling Stone. How Music Copyright Lawsuits Are Scaring Away New Hits

Yes, it does. It’s a question of interpretation and which side of the case you’re on. I think they’re trying to make a distinction between what is prohibited by statute and acts which are contrary to accepted norms of behavior. The only thing I will say about Blacks is that when Stewart Graham, my Contracts Professor, gave his introductory remarks at the beginning of the course and was giving his dos and donts, he said that if anyone ever cited Blacks in discussion or in a paper, he would fail them on the spot.

That’s a different issue. I was just keying on whether there is a difference between the two terms, nothing more. On your point, statute interpretation is part of what attorneys do.