In some states wills are public record. I can't recall how/what exactly was released, but at some point, it was revealed that Adam's will stipulated that BB music could never be used to sell a product. I heard What'cha Want in a NCIS commercial (which is obviously a different type of usage) and I wondered, did the specifics of Adams demands with the music get revealed because of full will publication, or did the guys just make statements regarding certain aspects ?

It would be cool to know what he was and was not good with as far as future usage. On one hand, it makes perfect sense he wanted to veto any product usage outright. On the other, he surely would have left some licensing options open to continue to support Dechen and Losel. Not meaning to intrude, simply wondering what was made public.

I am a book author and trying to obtain any US government issued photos of a subject from the 1980's - 1990's. The subject would be considered a celebrity/public figure, in the legal use of the term such as when a public figure doesn't have the same expectation of privacy. In short, can I hire a PI to potentially extract any government issued photographs of a subject for me for any reason?

PS: Press/media are able to pull mugshot photos of subjects with seemingly little effort (such as when celebrities are arrested). So I am unsure the difference in that and what I am trying to do.

Thanks.

Would love to hear from people who actually fish this river.

Fishing sloughs from the bank and piers. No boat, no kayak. If you know the Warrior, you know the underwater landscape can be dramatically steeper and more irregular than maybe the average lake. It's also VERY hot and I assume fish are pretty deep. Would love any lure recs for bass.

Thanks in advance.

This episode is not on streamers and Datelines own website doesn't go back to season 16. Not on YouTube. Does anyone have this ep? Really insane story.

This is in reference to the wave of music artists who have been found to have stolen hooks, melodies, choruses, etc. from existing songs. 

Here's a brief, very incomplete rundown:

Kaavya Viswanathan, a Harvard student, authored a book containing heavily lifted passages from three widely read novels. Publisher Little, Brown & Co. cancelled her $500,000, two-book contract and a planned movie deal with DreamWorks for said book was also scrapped.  

Cristiane Serruya 'patchworked' passages, phrasing, and emotional beats verbatim from dozens of other authors across multiple published books. Subsequent lawsuit ended her career.  

Jumi Bello had her anticipated book "The Leaving" canceled by Riverhead Books after she admitted to plagiarizing portions of the manuscript. In a lengthy explanation, she was even found to have plagiarized portions of the explanation itself.  Career over.  

On the contrary...

Stella Lefty has now had 4 songs found to have interpolated identical works from other artists.  Two of the four have already had credits to additional authors instated. Two more will presumably have credits corrected in short order.

Olivia Rodrigo was forced to instate co-writing credits to Taylor Swift, Jack Antonoff, and Hayley Williams for three songs where Rodrigo had interpolated their existing works. 

Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams lost a major copyright lawsuit in 2015 when a jury ruled that their 2013 hit song "Blurred Lines" plagiarized Marvin Gaye's 1977 track "Got to Give It Up". 

Coldplay were forced to pay an out-of-court settlement to musician Joe Satriani for lifting a near identical note pattern for their track "Viva la Vida".  

This list could be a mile long, yet in each and every instance of music plagiarism, none of these acts careers suffered in any capacity (although Coldplay and Thicke/Williams paid hefty financial sums). Rodrigo is currently one of the top grossing touring acts at the arena level, even despite an onslaught of negative press around the time the plagiarism was discovered. Coldplay fill soccer stadiums across the world. Stella Lefty's current tour sold out in seconds and her single is one of the most played songs at radio.  

This isn't so much an axe to grind against these music artists, but I do find it interesting that musicians never seem to suffer the same fate (or any negative fate) as book authors whenever they are found to have stolen music from other artists. 

Obviously, Axl had bad blood with both, but the Vince/Motley beef seemed deeper and more personal, whereas with Hetfield it was really just more about the failure of the stadium shows, the riot, and Hetfields strong words in the moment. Seeing the recent impromptu Axl/Hetfield photos, would Axl embrace Vince? Would Vince even be allowed to get near Axl?

I am trying to buy back my first car which I sold in 2005. Carfax report on the VIN shows me that there has been no change of title since 2005, which means that buyer may still own it if he didn't sell it to a junkyard. Regardless, can a PI locate the last registered owner?

Secondly, I owned another vehicle that I sold a few years earlier. I have the name (me) address, my DL #, etc. that it was registered to, but I do not have the VIN on that car. I would assume a little tougher? I have already spoken with State DMV and they have given me all they have, which was very little. In fact, it was they who suggested a licensed PI.

Any thoughts are much appreciated.

That's pretty much the question. Puff is obviously a soulless person. I know he evaded the question with her. But as months and years passed and Puff/Eugene got closer to the truth, did Eugene Deal ever arrive at a reliable theory and did he provide this info to Voletta ?

I feel like there's two ways to think here. On one hand, John & Patsy made countless mistakes throughout the course of the staged kidnapping and the events that followed. You can only imagine that John would change every aspect if he could.

But on the other hand, they got away with it, they stayed out of prison, and John has managed to confuse the public who lack technical understanding of DNA in the same way that Johnny Cochran plotted to confuse the OJ jury. Both worked.

That said, is there anything he'd do over if he could go back in time only to the moment after the note was written?

In 1991/92, while Van Halen was on tour for F.U.C.K., Eddie allowed producer Andy Johns to record Wildside's "Under The Influence" at 5150. Is there a single other piece of music not related to Van Halen recorded at 5150, that was ever commercially released ?

The Floyd sub is a wreck these days so I thought maybe someone here with deep insight into Floyd knows the answer.

The song "Lost For Words" (Pink Floyd - The Division Bell) was recorded 1993 and as such, written then or before then. I am aware of the deep animosity leading into the 1987 tour, and Roger attempting to legally prevent the tour. The Momentary Lapse of Reason tour ended in July, 1989.

So my question is, did David approach Roger in any form between say, 1989-1993 and attempt to reconcile? Is that when "Go fuck yourself" was stated by Roger? If David offered to have Roger rejoin the band at any point 1989-1993, I would love to read about that.

There is a major hit single out right now where the writer of a previous song was later added after it was exposed that the resemblance was too uncanny.  The singer/songwriter of the song being sued was the only credited writer (until the grievance).  Credit to the author of the lifted song was added.  Alls well that ends well. 

But people I trust tell me the (new) song was ghostwritten, and that it was actually the ghostwriter who lifted the old song.  I imagine when this happens, an artist is torn.  They are being raked over the coals in the media for 'stealing' a song, but at the same time, can't scream "I didn't write it" because then they would be exposed as not being the songwriter. Presumably, they would be livid at the ghost writer for causing the situation. Ghost writer has already been paid, and in a sense, is protected from exposure for the same reason. When labels hire ghost writers, do they insert a clause that if the song ever loses a plagiarism claim, they are required to return some money?  

Yes, I fully understand that MCA ensured Beastie's was over under that name and configuration once he died. But did the guys ever consider continuing trying to start a new project under a new name (Two MC's?) with just the two of them or any type of super group with additional members?

Yes, I realize it is closed, but I am wondering if it is truly done for this time and are the contents set to be sold, or are they continuing to shop it intact while it's closed?

If the proffer was going to require him to confess, and simultaneously protect him from the confession, it seems like they would have wanted to settle the matter of the Cadillac once and for all.