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Not to mention, 20 months will jerk a square knot in most people's asses. Our sentencing is so draconian (before considering good time, parole, etc.), that our senses of what's right are way out of whack.

Not to mention Melania and Barron mostly stayed in NYC while Trump was in office and very likely since.

Well, sometimes he and Mack were sandbagging by holding back a freshman phenom RB, so that happened.

And he's still gonna lose. ETA: This concerns only his past use. It seems they are seeking statutory damages, so a max of $150k per work infringed. Although both the copyright registrations are for Electric Avenue, I think they are regarded as two separate works for statutory damages purposes. So, yeah if Trumpco is successful, they might halve the damage award. But they're going to spend at least that fucking with it. And probably still get tagged with attorneys fees for half the case at least.

RIP Coach.

This is a truly bizarre thing. In the normal case, a registration to a collective or compilation work (an album, collection of short stories, etc.) extends to each individual work making up the compilation. That, however, seems to assume that the registrant of the compilation also owns each individual, constituent work, which in the case of a sound recording, would be the case when a record company puts an artist in the studio to cut the songs making up the album. In that case, the registration for the album of say eight songs, also covers each of the eight songs, as singles or however you want to consider them. But, in this case, Warner was only Grant's licensee (not owner) when it registered the copyright and didn't pay the musicians, producer, or for studio time. So, there may not be a registration for the sound recording for the song "Electric Avenue." It appears, though, that Grant has applied for such a registration in the meantime. The license to Warner expired after five years and everything reverted to Grant. There's a lot of informality in the whole copyright registration process that often doesn't hold up to scrutiny in court and makes things a free-for-all. And it's made somewhat extra-bizarre because the US is the only country that requires registration of copyright, so it may kind of put non-Americans behind the 8-ball a bit. Then again, the US drives pretty much everything commercially, so . . . .

So, referring to the multitude of copyright infringement lawsuits Trumpco is defending, one of the oldest is Eddy Grant's, for Trump's unlicensed use of Electric Avenue. He's actually raising a defense, that probably isn't too common in these suits. Grant alleges ownership of copyright in the music and lyrics, which is the subject of one registration, as well as a registration in the actual performance/recording of the song itself. Apparently, though, the copyright in the performed version was registered as part of an album by Warner Brothers. That's actually normal, as the record company usually registers and initially owns that copyright, as they usually pay for the studio and producer. It is these rights, in addition to "master recordings" that artists usually buy back, or get back as part of the recording contract. In this case, however, Grant had already independently recorded Electric Avenue and then licensed it to Warner, who released it as part of a greatest hits album and registered the copyright. All that is fine, but there is a question as to whether the album registration extends to the single preexisting song Electric Avenue. Normally, it would, because the record company initially owns the copyright in everything in the recording except music and lyrics, but this presents an oddball case. I suppose that having one of the two registrations may halve the damage award to which Grant is entitled. So Trump is still gonna pay, or be ordered to pay, the question becomes how much. I don't think this scenario will be common at all, but copyright stuff can be weird, especially the way they are registered by various parties in the music game.

It's reasonably historically accurate and the romance angle is a small facet. Hal Holbrook as Rochefort is an all-timer.

What is 1LT McCain doing with sergeant's stripes. And why isn't he in the US Navy? McCain is USN royalty. ETA: Well, he's been in the Army for 17 years, so mustang, I guess, albeit a very slow one. What a fuckup given the family pedigree.

Glad I'm not the only one that senses that a bit and wasn't aware of (or thinking of) the other extracurriculars you mention. Some of it is probably influenced on my part that she IS a transfer, from a family that apparently generally hates Texas.

I'm guessing probably O'Neal. I think the problem is kind of inherent to having a lot of transfers. Sort of obvious leaders like Skinner are kinda newbs to the program and probably not "feeling it" completely with team chemistry. And then there is the problem that it seems many transfers are somehow discontent with their current situation, or volleyball generally, and willing to leave it, which is probably inconsistent with taking a strong leadership role, at least for a while. Maybe Emma is the next logical leader.

Levin is a super-weird dude. Philadelphia Jew, apparently unconverted. Fairly serious lawyer at one time. Complete assclown.

Oof. Missed that one, big-time bro.

Really good piece on just security detailing the superseding indictment and how it is tailored both to the immunity decision and to Fischer, the case that cut back the obstruction of official proceeding statute. https://www.justsecurity.org/99693/immunity-chutkan-mini-trial/

This is a perennial problem with us, particularly facing a B12 schedule. As good as Skinner is, I don't think I see a whole lot of leadership from her in the way, say, Logan Eggleston led. That's why I was a bit shocked at the NC last year. I didn't think she could do it on athletic example alone, but she pretty much did.

I shouldn't have come back to watch the 5th. Sorry.

Seems like we're getting lost in the net a whole lot.

Oof

Depends on the evidence. If this was a one-off, probably not. If there's evidence of a known problem of scorpion infestation or prior occurrences, then maybe.

The actual rule or objection is that players cannot use social media tags on their uniforms. QR Code was deemed analogous.

No licensed or unlicensed attorney should ever utter the phrase "it's not fair."

Ackshually, the preferred nomenclature is "ara c," or "r-uh c;"the cola is optional. Ain't that rait @RDCanecutter

Is it fair to say that if it's espn/abc and not on Plus, then it's OTA?

In a lot of ways, I had the impression that Lobo was the kind of person that would really take to the program of AA, being as service-oriented as he seemingly was, and apparently quite comfortable with "putting himself out there." But, things are not always as they seem, especially with us. I really hope he passed sober. I think he would have wanted that. Either way, we will miss you.