‘Twas the night before Christmas, and with the click of a mouse, Santa was checking the blawgosphere, before leaving his house. The poem may not go quite like that, but holiday legal news is something to celebrate. Best served with rum and eggnog, this compendium of unconventional Christmas stories, of sort, will at least inform and can also be used to put your children to sleep on Christmas eve!
♦ On the Seattle Copyright Watch, Tonya Gisselberg gives a rundown of the legal action behind the copyright of the popular carol, “Santa Claus is Coming’ To Town.” The case is as twisty as a candy cane – with actions involving an ineffective termination notice, agreements transferring copyrights and many sections of many Copyright Acts. Gisselberg’s account is best read in full, but long story short – the grantee of the copyright of the carol has rights until 2029.
