{"id":2258,"date":"2010-09-23T11:12:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-23T16:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2010-09-23T12:21:36","modified_gmt":"2010-09-23T17:21:36","slug":"beware-brother-beware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benpollock.com\/brick\/2010\/09\/beware-brother-beware\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Beware, Brother, Beware’"},"content":{"rendered":"

News clipping from the Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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.
\nThe agreement covers all the company\u2019s papers.
\n<\/span>Righthaven is currently looking for violations of copyrighted material published by WEHCO in the past …”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Whew! That was 49 words, within the accepted but unofficial 50-word copyright limit<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here’s a good ol’ song for your entertainment<\/span><\/p>\n

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

49 words from Louis Jordan’s pioneering 1946 rhyming spoken-couplet rap song “Beware (Brother, Beware)<\/a>“<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s papers. 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