OA365: Every Melody Ever, Part 1

<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Today's episode brings you our first look at the efforts by Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin to copyright "every melody ever" as part of a way of reconceptualizing copyright law as it applies to music. SPOILER: We're going to have Riehl and Rubin on the show to discuss their work in more depth. We also discuss <em>Chevron</em> deference and a recent dissent by Clarence Thomas that's No Laughing Matter.</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>We begin with a deep dive into the Riehl and Rubin "Every Melody Ever" effort, which builds upon the music copyright episodes we've previously discussed in <a href= "https://openargs.com/oa236-stairway-to-the-supreme-court/">Episode 236 ("Stairway to the Supreme Court")</a> and <a href= "https://openargs.com/oa236-stairway-to-the-supreme-court/">Episode 288 ("More on Led Zeppelin")</a>. What exactly are Riehl and Rubin doing, and will it put an end to copyright lawsuits against musicians? Listen and find out!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>After that, we check out a case (<em>Baldwin v. U.S.</em>) in which the Supreme Court refused to grant certiorari -- and the dissent filed by Clarence Thomas. That prompted a headline that got some chuckles last week -- "Clarence Thomas cites Thomas in overruling Thomas" -- and we learn that (of course) this turns out to be no laughing matter, but part of a concerted effort to roll back not only a 2005 Clarence Thomas opinion, <em>National Cable & Telecommunications Ass'n v. Brand X Internet Svcs</em>., 545 U.S. 967 (2005), but <em>Chevron</em> deference itself. Find out why even the howler monkey contingent wanted to take a pass on this case -- but not Clarence Thomas!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p> <p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>After all that, it's time for the answer to perhaps the easiest #T3BE ever -- or is it? (It is.) And remember, you can always play along with #T3BE by sharing out the show on social media!</p> <p><!-- /wp:paragraph --></p>