Despite everyone’s carefree joy in singing Happy Birthday to You, this simple song puts you in legal jeopardy every time it exits your mouth. A considerable amount of money flows to the corporation that owns the copyright. But … maybe that company doesn’t own the copyright, and maybe you are in no legal peril. Professor […]
Tag: Music
An Ig winner visits upper Oddington
Ig Nobel Prize winner Jim Gundlach, co-author of the study “The Effects of Country Music on Suicide,” in Upper Oddington, England, during the 2008 Ig Nobel Tour of the UK. The tour is part of the UK’s National Science Week. Photo: Carol Gundlach. (That’s an excerpt from AIR 14:4. A glorious large version of the […]
Nomenclature Quiz: Lure or Band?
Fish lures often have evocative names. So do rock bands. Can you discern or detect which of the following names belongs to a fish lure and which to a rock band? (You may find hints by consulting the published philosophical literature on the question “What’s in a name?” And you may not.) The answers appear […]