John McCain’s latest campaign ad continues the pop-culture theme of his Britney/Paris ad, this time using the song "Running on Empty" to mock Obama for proposing gas conservation through tire inflation. That’s my song, said Jackson Browne, who is not…
It wanted him to change his name to “99 Cent” for a day, but he preferred to sue for $4 million.
Bagpipers across Europe are protesting new regulations that would force them to pipe quietly. European Union officials in Brussels have ruled that, under EU health and safety laws, bagpipes cannot expose users to average noise levels of more than 85…
On November 20, attorneys for the band The Romantics filed a complaint in federal court against Activision, the publisher of the game "Guitar Hero," claiming that the game infringes on the group’s rights to its own likeness. In the interest…
Berkeley Law School student Josh Keesan got some attention recently for his album, "The Law of Rock, Vol. 1." "Put down your commercial outlines and treatises," says Josh’s website; "here, for the first time, you can learn complex legal doctrines…
The New Orleans bureau has alerted me to a new lawsuit against the rock band Tool, filed in federal court in Louisiana. Tool, whose music is described as "heavy metal," "alternative metal," "art rock," "art metal," "progressive rock," "progressive metal,"…
A 21-year-old woman was arrested and booked last Thursday after she assaulted a man during an karaoke performance. Witnesses reported the man was attempting the Coldplay song "Yellow" when the woman lost control and attacked him. Personally, I was surprised…
On Thursday, a former member of Marilyn Manson’s band sued him, claiming that Manson (whose real name is the slightly more mundane "Brian Warner") misled him as to how much money the band was making, and instead went on a…
Quality judicial work by Judge Gregory Todd of the Thirteenth Judicial District Court, Yellowstone County, Montana. You can see a PDF of the memo itself at the link below, but here’s an excerpt: Mr. McCormack, you pled guilty to the…
Those of you worried about an activist Supreme Court may want to consider how bad things could be. Reuters News reported yesterday that Pakistan’s Supreme Court had intervened to order a pop singer to change the lyrics of one of…