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‘Beware, Brother, Beware’

News clipping from the Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette:

WEHCO Newspapers has signed a contract to work with Righthaven LLC of Las Vegas, which files lawsuits against website owners who post copyrighted newspaper articles without permission.
The agreement covers all the company’s papers.
Righthaven is currently looking for violations of copyrighted material published by WEHCO in the past …”

Whew! That was 49 words, within the accepted but unofficial 50-word copyright limit.

Here’s a good ol’ song for your entertainment

Now, fellas, yes, you, fellas, listen to me, I got something to tell you
If she saves your dough, and won’t go to a show
Beware, Brother, Beware
If she’s easy to kiss and never resists
If you go for a walk, and she just listens while you talk …”

49 words from Louis Jordan’s pioneering 1946 rhyming spoken-couplet rap song “Beware (Brother, Beware)

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