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Keep It To Yourself: The Writing On The Wall

Jonny Balfus April 1, 2013 8

So I’m standing on the 7th Avenue subway platform in lower Manhattan, circa 1983. Two knuckleheads are discussing a picture of a baby in a circle. The primitive image is drawn in white chalk on

Keep It To Yourself: My Precious

Jonny Balfus January 14, 2013 9

In a hole in the ground there lived a lawsuit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet lawsuit, filled with the ends of contracts and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy lawsuit with

Keep It to Yourself: Just Desserts?

Jonny Balfus November 19, 2012 8

I scream, you scream, we all scream for hardcore pornography! Hippie royalty Ben & Jerry were not amused when L.A. smut merchants Caballero Video released a series of dirty DVDs with names and

Keep It To Yourself: Banana Polemic

Jonny Balfus September 18, 2012 4

The first Velvet Underground Album only sold 5,000 copies, but everyone that bought it filed a lawsuit

Keep It To Yourself: Mischief Managed?

Jonny Balfus August 6, 2012 0

In which Harry Potter encounters his most dangerous nemesis yet: Copyright Infringers! Foolish muggles. You know what happens when you get into a lawsuit with JK Rowling, author of the immensely popular Harry Potter book

Keep It to Yourself: Rosetta Stoned

Jonny Balfus July 30, 2012 0

Q: How does Google make money from your searches? You know you don’t pay anything when you stalk your ex, scan Kobe’s lifetime stats, or check to see if your witness protection cover’s been

KEEP IT TO YOURSELF: CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF THAT WONDERFUL DUFF!

Jonny Balfus July 23, 2012 1

Everyone knows that Homer Simpson loves beer. During the long-running animated series The Simpsons Homer has philosophized: “Beer. Now there’s a temporary solution.” He’s also threatened “I would kill everyone in this room for

Keep It to Yourself: The Unhappiest Shirt on Earth

Jonny Balfus July 16, 2012 6

The story of how Joy Division met Mickey Mouse in the greatest trademark case that never was. Last week’s KI2Y post about the unlawful appropriation of popular songs by politicians produced a flood