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Thursday, March 18
ASCAP doesn't mess around. It will sue your butt off if you violate the copyright of its members. In 1995, ASCAP announced that unless it got fees of up $1,400 from each site, it would take legal action resulting in six-figure fines or a year in …Read more.
Wednesday, March 17
If you grew up in the 1980s, you may remember those GI Joe public service announcements. Eric Fensler parodied those PSAs on his website, adding non sequiturs. Hasbro was not amused. It sent in lawyers. But there were plans to slip the exclamation …Read more.
Tuesday, March 16
Thanks to the Huffington Post, Arianna Huffington has become queen of the liberal bloggers. But it wasn't always that way. She was born Arianna Stassinopoulos in Greece but married oil millionaire, and future Republican congressman, Michael …Read more.
Monday, March 15
The original version of the charity song "We Are the World" was recorded when a lot of stars were in town anyway, for the American Music Awards. And it certainly attracted some of the creme de la creme of the music biz in the '80s — …Read more.
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Monday, May 4
Mussolini's Trains: Whatever you say about fascists like Benito Mussolini, at least they can make the trains run on time, right? Well, no. The only train he ever made run on time was the one that took him from Milan to Rome when he became prime minister. Now, to be fair, the trains did get better, but that's because they were in terrible shape. Most of the actual improvement happened before Mussolini took power.
AOL: Remember AOL? When a Pizza Hut exec named Steve Case took over Quantum Computer Services, one of its key products was AppleLink, which you could use to connect your Mac to that newfangled Internet thing.
The European Food Safety Authority ended up in which city, for which a safe Italian cheese is named? A) Brie B) Feta C) Gouda D) Parma
Previous answer: Balboa Hill, where one can simultaneously see the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is in Panama.
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