Metallica’s Mission: Screwing Over Fans?

Posted on 11 June 2008 by kdccdk

I have a long history with Metallica, as they were essentially my introduction to the world of metal, along with other young Gen-X metal kids, now grown adults, who watched Headbanger’s Ball on MTV. I was fully devoted all the way up until Load, when suddenly they became a jam band and they never really [...]

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Kermit sings Hurt: Uncle Trent (and Johnny Cash) should be proud

Posted on 10 June 2008 by r

This video of Kermit the Frog singing plaintively (about his love for Miss Piggy?) has been making the rounds for at a while and it brings up an interesting discussion of cultural appropriation and copyright — when is it acceptable to use someone else’s work for your own entertainment? This video [...]

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