Boing Boing: Communist hymn is in copyright - filmmaker fined

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Communist hymn is in copyright -
filmmaker fined

Communist hymn is in copyright -
filmmaker fined 04/09/2005 05:56 AM
Cory Doctorow: The Internationale is the hymn of the Fourth International Communist Party. My parents, being good reds, used to sing it every New Year's Eve at the stroke of midnight, with all the comrades at the socialist New Year's gathered round the record player to sing along with the soundtrack from Reds. It is quite a stirring anthem, and has been translated into dozens of languages, and is sung the world 'round.

Weirdly, this 19th century song is still in copyright in France, and a French filmmaker has just been fined about $1300 for letting a character in one of his films whistle the tune (you can hear a very modern synth-pop take on the tune courtesy of Maxx Klaxon here).

The irony factor here is much deeper than, say, the irony surrounded JibJab's appropriation of Woody Guthrie's This Land. Guthrie was a socialist, sure, but the Internationale is a call to arms to abolish private property, eliminate international borders, and throw off your chains and rise up to smash the state. Hard to imagine that the long-dead creator of that song is having his wishes honored by French collecting societies shaking down people who make use of it for cash.

The 19th-century revolutionary hymn was written by Eugene Pottier in 1871 and set to music by another Frenchman, Pierre Degeyter, in 1888...

Under French law, "The Internationale" won't fall into the public domain until 2014 — 70 years of post-mortem protection plus extra time to cover the world war. Degeyter died in 1932....

[The film] hardly paid its own way, opening briefly in a single Paris theater and selling just 203 tickets, Le Monde reported.

Link (Thanks, Maximus!)

Boing Boing: UK cinema copyright
warnings: a call to action

Boing Boing: UK cinema copyright
warnings: a call to action 05/16/2004 02:18 AM
Of course he nearly fell asleep during the film itself .. cory doctorow erzhlt von seinem letzten kinobesuch .. UK cinema copyright warnings: a call to action .. we take pictures .. bOING bOING

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Boing Boing: US Copyright Office Wants
to outlaw VCRs?

Boing Boing: US Copyright Office Wants
to outlaw VCRs? 07/25/2004 04:04 AM
US Copyright Office Wants to outlaw VCRs .. the Boingers .. Boing Boing .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Boing Boing add Technorati
support

Boing Boing: Boing Boing add Technorati
support 04/13/2004 09:09 PM
Boing Boing add Technorati support .. showcasing it .. new feature .. just that

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"Boing Boing: Boing Boing add Technorati
support"

"Boing Boing: Boing Boing add Technorati
support" 04/14/2004 09:03 AM

Mynah bird "boing boing boing" clip

Mynah bird "boing boing boing" clip 04/10/2004 10:16 AM
Ian Brown found this weird clip of a mynah bird saying "boing boing boing." 17K WAV Link (Thanks, Ian!)

Boing Boing: Transparent screen
illusion: set laptop's wallpaper to a
photo of the wall behind it

Boing Boing: Transparent screen
illusion: set laptop's wallpaper to a
photo of the wall behind it 03/24/2005 08:43 AM
Transparent screen illusion: set laptop's wallpaper to a photo of the wall behind it .. via boingboing

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Boing Boing audio interview with Mind
Hacks editor Matt Webb

Boing Boing audio interview with Mind
Hacks editor Matt Webb 12/22/2004 01:30 AM
Mark Frauenfelder: I'm starting to get interested in podcasting, so I interviewed Matt Webb, the co-editor of the new book, Mind Hacks, just published by O'Reilly. It's 25 minutes long, and I even created a cheesy Garageband theme song for what I hope is the first of many interviews.

Note: Matt wrote me with the following info -- "This is the McGu rk video I was talking about. Just proving that I'm nothing without my notes, I incorrectly remembered the McGurk sounds! It's a visual 'ga' and an aural 'ba' that combine to the perception of 'da.' No 'va' at all (that's a variation on the experiment)."

The Mind Hack's weblog is here.

Link to BitTorrent file of my interview with Matt Webb.

Link to BitTorrent stats. (Thanks, Chuck!)

Boing Boing: Shirky: stupid (c) laws
block me from publishing own work online

Boing Boing: Shirky: stupid (c) laws
block me from publishing own work online 04/01/2005 05:23 PM
Clay Shirky rants about the absurd US copyright laws that are preventing him from copying his own media .. Clay Shirky tried to use some crippled software to rip a DVD, and it didn't work .. Boing Boing

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Boing Boing: D&D book reader on
ferry hassled by security morons

Boing Boing: D&D book reader on
ferry hassled by security morons 08/13/2004 09:20 AM
US Homeland Security dweeb confiscates roleplaying manual .. D&D book reader on ferry hassled by security morons .. An entry on BoingBoing .. dangerous

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Boing Boing: Train sign: Touching wires
= death + fine

Boing Boing: Train sign: Touching wires
= death + fine 04/01/2005 01:41 AM
Train sign: Touching wires = death + fine .. Don’t touch those wires! .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing reports that US military may
be blocking access to news sites

Boing Boing reports that US military may
be blocking access to news sites 06/02/2004 07:52 PM

Xeni @ Boing Boing

More on blocked sites for .mil websurfers

Following up on this BoingBoing post about rumors that access to TheMemoryHole is being blocked on military computers in Iraq...

[John continues:]If the request was denied due to the Content Filter configuration is a sentence fragment, but with The content category reported is Gen. News. and If you feel this site was blocked in error, please contact the Help Desk the meaning is clear enough. For whatever reason, "General News" is not fit for our troops. I've been meaning to send her a list of links and ask her if she'd be willing to try to access them (Newsweek? New York Times? Common Dreams? Freerepublic.com [a conservative site]? townhall.com [another conservative site]?) I'm also curious what other kinds of sites she can't visit (geek news? music news? yahoo? wikipedia?) and whether she's prohibited from visiting these sites at work because she's /at work/, or if she's encouraged not to pursue the news in general.

Zaku, can you or anyone in the military in Iraq corroborate this or look into this?

Boing Boing: David Byrne launches
internet radio station

Boing Boing: David Byrne launches
internet radio station 03/30/2005 03:51 AM
David Byrne launches internet radio station .. boing boing

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Boing Boing: Orange Mobile's robotic
adherence to idiotic rules

Boing Boing: Orange Mobile's robotic
adherence to idiotic rules 05/14/2004 03:30 AM
Boing Boing: Orange Mobile's robotic adherence to idiotic rules .. Cory Doctorow tambm sofre nas mos das telefnicas .. What a way to find out what the term means

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Boing Boing: Hersh: children raped at
Abu Ghraib, Pentagon has videos

Boing Boing: Hersh: children raped at
Abu Ghraib, Pentagon has videos 07/16/2004 11:53 AM
Hersh: children raped at Abu Ghraib, US government has videos .. the enemy is a lot closer to home .. he's been speaking

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Boing Boing: Camera phones in Iraq;
digicams and truth in wartime

Boing Boing: Camera phones in Iraq;
digicams and truth in wartime 05/26/2004 04:36 AM
boingboingis talking about .. Xeni @ Boing Boing .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Plagiarism-seeking IMmer
pranked and exposed -- UPDATED

Boing Boing: Plagiarism-seeking IMmer
pranked and exposed -- UPDATED 04/01/2005 06:41 AM
Plagiarism-seeking IMmer pranked and exposed -- UPDATED .. according to BoingBoing, it's a hoax .. Boing Boing initially cried hoax

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Boing Boing: Coded messages on US govt
timeserver's nonstandard port

Boing Boing: Coded messages on US govt
timeserver's nonstandard port 04/06/2005 05:01 AM
Coded messages on US govt timeserver's nonstandard port

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Boing Boing: Sims-style
anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium

Boing Boing: Sims-style
anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium 03/25/2005 06:36 AM
Sims-style anti-teen-pregnancy ad from Belgium

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Boing Boing: EFF wins Grokster! Software
doesn't have to be easy for Hollywood to
wiretap!

Boing Boing: EFF wins Grokster! Software
doesn't have to be easy for Hollywood to
wiretap! 08/19/2004 09:01 PM
Boing Boing: EFF wins Grokster! Software doesn't have to be easy for Hollywood to wiretap! .. decision in the Grokster case .. this is good news .. historic decison .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Join Friends of the
Creative Archive and help the Beeb put
EVERYTHING online

Boing Boing: Join Friends of the
Creative Archive and help the Beeb put
EVERYTHING online 06/03/2004 06:37 AM
Join Friends of the Creative Archive and help the Beeb put EVERYTHING online .. Boing Boing

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Boing Boing: Game developers' amazing
rants on the state of the industry

Boing Boing: Game developers' amazing
rants on the state of the industry 03/14/2005 04:51 PM
boingboinged .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Calvin and Hobbes slipcased
complete collection coming

Boing Boing: Calvin and Hobbes slipcased
complete collection coming 09/20/2004 10:10 AM
BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Food Porn -- Burger King
Subservient Chicken

Boing Boing: Food Porn -- Burger King
Subservient Chicken 04/09/2004 04:08 PM
Food Porn -- Burger King Subservient Chicken .. Xeni @ BoingBoing points out .. boing boing description .. BoingBoing .. via

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Boing Boing: Bill Gates: Free Culture
advocates = Commies

Boing Boing: Bill Gates: Free Culture
advocates = Commies 01/06/2005 02:39 PM
yesterday's Boing Boing post .. posts more of Gates' quote, .. BoingBoing link

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Boing Boing: Bugmenot.com returns,
spokesbugperson says some news sites
trying to block it

Boing Boing: Bugmenot.com returns,
spokesbugperson says some news sites
trying to block it 08/23/2004 12:49 AM
Bugmenot.com returns, spokesbugperson says some news sites trying to block it .. "They'll have to pry it from my cold, dead hands" .. Boing Boing

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Boing Boing: Bush's plan to dose
Americans with expensive antipsychotics

Boing Boing: Bush's plan to dose
Americans with expensive antipsychotics 06/19/2004 04:40 AM
Bush's plan to dose Americans with expensive antipsychotics .. SOMA

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Boing Boing: Guestbl0gger Russ Kick's
MemoryHole -- banned in Iraq?

Boing Boing: Guestbl0gger Russ Kick's
MemoryHole -- banned in Iraq? 06/03/2004 09:03 AM
Guestblogger Russ Kick's MemoryHole -- banned in Iraq? .. banned by the military

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Boing Boing: Tiny, witty pixellated
avatars: storTroopers are back

Boing Boing: Tiny, witty pixellated
avatars: storTroopers are back 04/11/2005 03:50 AM
Tiny, witty pixellated avatars: storTroopers are back

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Boing Boing: RNC-NYC: Update on arrest
of Joshua Kinberg, Bikes Against Bush

Boing Boing: RNC-NYC: Update on arrest
of Joshua Kinberg, Bikes Against Bush 08/31/2004 09:40 AM
RNC-NYC: Update on arrest of Joshua Kinberg, Bikes Against Bush .. was arrested

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Boing Boing: Thousands of Afghani POWs
brutally executed, CBC alleges US
military complicity

Boing Boing: Thousands of Afghani POWs
brutally executed, CBC alleges US
military complicity 05/06/2004 04:44 AM
Thousands of Afghani POWs brutally executed, CBC alleges US military complicity .. war-crimes committed against Afghani prisoners .. Quote .. via

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Boing Boing: Tsunami update: Microsoft
responds, bl0ggers organize, video
torrents

Boing Boing: Tsunami update: Microsoft
responds, bl0ggers organize, video
torrents 01/02/2005 12:46 AM
BoingBoing for their link as well

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Boing Boing: Tigger boning Tickle Me
Elmo: Smart toys acting dumb

Boing Boing: Tigger boning Tickle Me
Elmo: Smart toys acting dumb 03/27/2005 08:04 AM
Boing Boing: Tigger boning Tickle Me Elmo: Smart toys acting dumb

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Boing Boing: Reality-TV human baby
giveaway, pissed-off Uri Geller claims
trademark breach

Boing Boing: Reality-TV human baby
giveaway, pissed-off Uri Geller claims
trademark breach 04/30/2004 07:37 AM
Your daily dose of What the Fuck? .. Boing Boing .. BoingBoing

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Boing Boing: Ancient hard-drive, guy in
bunny suit

Boing Boing: Ancient hard-drive, guy in
bunny suit 07/31/2004 10:44 AM
Photo of thirty-five pound fixed-head hard drive, circa 1970 .. Ancient hard-drive, guy in bunny suit .. amusing anacdote

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Boing Boing: Brit Airways' honorifics
kick United's ass

Boing Boing: Brit Airways' honorifics
kick United's ass 04/29/2004 07:47 AM
The Pope needs Air Miles .. Boing Boing .. BoingBoing .. more

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Boing Boing: XP Service Pack torrent
shut down by Microsoft

Boing Boing: XP Service Pack torrent
shut down by Microsoft 08/13/2004 03:59 AM
XP Service Pack torrent shut down by Microsoft .. shut the Torrent down with threat of a lawsuit .. Boing Boing

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Market share for Firefox equals or tops
IE on Boing Boing

Market share for Firefox equals or tops
IE on Boing Boing 03/14/2005 05:05 PM
If it hasn't been done already, somebody should create a page of links showing Firefox share for key web sites. It would show it catching up to and passing IE across a variety of sites popular with the "digitally aware". Will it cross the chasm to the mass market?...

Boing Boing: US torturers made
screensavers out of atrocity photos

Boing Boing: US torturers made
screensavers out of atrocity photos 05/08/2004 08:05 PM
oing boing, .. boingboing

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