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Separated at birth? DJ Deadmau5 and Mickey Mouse

Can Canadian DJ Deadmau5 beat Disney when it comes to trademarking mouse ears?

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DJ Deadmau5 wears a big metal mouse-ear helmet during his shows. Does that sound like any cartoon character you know? But the DJ is turning the tables on Disney over patenting his mouse ear logo.

One of the photos of a crested black macaque monkey that David Slater says belongs to him. Wikipedia claims that, because the monkey pressed the shutter, the photo is a public domain image whose copyright belongs to no one.

The Internet goes ape over a monkey selfie and the copyright battle it sparked

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One of the photos of a crested black macaque monkey that David Slater says belongs to him. Wikipedia claims that, because the monkey pressed the shutter, the photo is a public domain image whose copyright belongs to no one.

The Internet goes ape over a monkey selfie and the copyright battle it sparked

Media
Frank and Miriam Kuseni are gospel artists based in Lilongwe, Malawi. They were forced to stop selling their CDs on the street.

Malawi’s campaign against music piracy is trapping its own musicians

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