Comments on: It’s a Lawsuit, Boogiewoogiewoogie http://localoaf.org/2007/02/27/its-a-lawsuit-boogiewoogiewoogie/ Information: It's the Magic Wed, 07 Jan 2009 00:49:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: k7lim http://localoaf.org/2007/02/27/its-a-lawsuit-boogiewoogiewoogie/comment-page-1/#comment-450 k7lim Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:47:12 +0000 http://localoaf.org/2007/02/27/its-a-lawsuit-boogiewoogiewoogie/#comment-450 someone also posted this to an email list: http://www.roblathan.com/2007/01/26/the-electric-slide-vs-lathan/ looks like stilts aren't enough of a twist. re: happy birthday, that reminds me of that one episode of "sports night" http://www.tv.com/sports-night/intellectual-property/episode/37474/summary.html quality show. someone also posted this to an email list:
http://www.roblathan.com/2007/01/26/the-electric-slide-vs-lathan/
looks like stilts aren’t enough of a twist.

re: happy birthday, that reminds me of that one episode of “sports night”
http://www.tv.com/sports-night/intellectual-property/episode/37474/summary.html
quality show.

]]> By: n8agrin http://localoaf.org/2007/02/27/its-a-lawsuit-boogiewoogiewoogie/comment-page-1/#comment-445 n8agrin Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:16 +0000 http://localoaf.org/2007/02/27/its-a-lawsuit-boogiewoogiewoogie/#comment-445 doesn't this fall under the same copyright umbrella as recipes? i suppose a dance can be sufficiently creative, but how could this possibly be enforceable? imagine if michael jackson copyrighted the moonwalk (did he?!?). how could he enforce all the street performers who dance a variation of the moonwalk everyday? can any of the performances of the dance be considered derivative works? interestingly the somewhat unrelated urban legend that the birthday song is copyrighted is actually true! http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp doesn’t this fall under the same copyright umbrella as recipes? i suppose a dance can be sufficiently creative, but how could this possibly be enforceable? imagine if michael jackson copyrighted the moonwalk (did he?!?). how could he enforce all the street performers who dance a variation of the moonwalk everyday? can any of the performances of the dance be considered derivative works?

interestingly the somewhat unrelated urban legend that the birthday song is copyrighted is actually true!

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp

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