“We Shall Overcome” has overcome copyfraud and is now unambiguously public domain | Droolin Dog dot Net

A group of activist lawyers/documentarians have made a vocation of fighting copyfraudsters in the courts, first forcing Warner Chapell to relinquish its bogus claim over “Happy Birthday” and then targeting Ludlow Music Inc. and The Richmond Organization who had spent decades fraudulently collecting licensing fees for the public domain civil rights hymn “We Shall Overcome.” (more…) Source: https://boingboing.net/2018/01/27/shakedown-rackets.html Tags: *Headlines*, #Headlines, #TheNewz, random, #TopNews, #Trending

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