The Happy Birthday Song, Batmobile, And Copyright Law

Copyright law doesn’t change a lot but a pair of interesting cases came out recently involving some pop culture.The Happy Birthday Song Are you one of those people who hears a story that sounds too interesting or curious to be true and just assumes it’s an urban legend? Do you hear a tall tale and…

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Prop Head Reads: What Is Life: How Chemistry Becomes Biology

What is Life: How Chemistry Becomes BiologyAddy ProssMy friend Manoj recently said, “In 5 billion years, an atom learned to talk.”This observation begs the question: How did the atom learn to talk? How did non-life become life?Pross sets out to answer this question and in so doing addresses many obstacles, the largest of which is Newton’s…

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