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(part 176) SONGS–LOTS AND LOTS OF SONGS – bobbyjameson.blogspot.com 09/02/2009 WEST HOLLYWOOD. THE SUNSET STRIP It might appear to some who have read what I’ve been writing that I have a problem with AA, which I do not. The program of Alcoholics Anonymous, as laid out in the simple text of its book, is straight ahead, and works. My problems were with me and various members of the program who attempted to shove their version of AA down my throat, and then say they were only trying to help

Filmmaker Brett Gaylor makes a compelling case for an update of U.S. copyright law in his documentary RiP! A Remix Manifesto , which is now available on Hulu. In the film, he uses examples of artists such as Girltalk to show how, historically, artists have drawn on others’ creative works to produce new music, art and media. Today, he argues, that creativity energy is threatened by corporations leveraging copyright law to their advantage — even though many of those same corporations were once