Discussion began (mostly between bloggers and on public radio, it seems) in July about possible royalties fees due from the government for use of songs at Gitmo for torture...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/09/news.culture3
http://www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=222&doc_id=159515
I first heard about it on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and of course they had a humorous take on it. The segment is at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92693793
There's some question as to whether such fees--and thus intellectual property safeguards--apply to military bases, but this story definitely has a lot to think about.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jul/09/news.culture3
http://www.lightreading.com/blog.asp?blog_sectionid=222&doc_id=159515
I first heard about it on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! and of course they had a humorous take on it. The segment is at:
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92693793
There's some question as to whether such fees--and thus intellectual property safeguards--apply to military bases, but this story definitely has a lot to think about.

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