Episode 131 – World Emergency Opportunity

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4 Comments

Pepe LePew June 16, 2023

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=serenety+now&&view=detail&mid=E77F5664EABEBAD73E88E77F5664EABEBAD73E88&&FORM=VRDGAR&PC=EMMX01

- Pepe LePew June 16, 2023
  
  Serenity…now!!
  
Dmitri June 16, 2023

I’m away for a month and the podcast has shifted further towards music…I do like music.

Favorite plagiarized song? There are too many to choose from. Let’s go with “Ice Ice Baby,” pilfered by Vanilla Ice from Queen/David Bowie’s “Under Pressure.”

Vanilla Ice – “That little bitty change–it’s not the same.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TLo4Z_LWu4

-Dmitri

Whitaker June 19, 2023

Can ideas be owned? No. Copyrights and patents are silly. Stephan Kinsella has a lot of good work on this.