Mother Jones has a great list of funny IP law related stories. My favorite one is:
FOR INCLUDING a 60-second piece of silence on their album, the Planets were threatened with a lawsuit by the estate of composer John Cage, which said they’d ripped off his silent work 4’33”. The Planets countered that the estate failed to specify which 60 of the 273 seconds in Cage’s piece had been pilfered.
I’ve started another series on online Blogging workshops sponsored by the Wyoming State Library. The first assignment is to find three blogs of interest and report back. Here’s what’s been found this time around.
Today I won a prize in an online contest for Caribou Coffee. My prize was a free drink of my choice and I was informed that I would be notified via e-mail later in the day. Within the hour I received the confirmation e-mail which, I assumed since it was the result of an online contest it would contain the information needed for me to receive my drink. Instead I was informed that I would “receive your gift certificate in the mail 8-10 weeks after the end of the promotion. It will be mailed to the address you provided on the registration form. The promotion ends on April 7, 2006.” So, enter an online contest, receive your prize (a coupon) about three months later. What’s up with that?
