<p>I was aware of it (Fountainsiren alluded to it earlier.) I didn’t cry for the Chiffons, either. You really don’t want to get me started on the whole “intellectual property” riff. I believe that a sound idea has been distorted and abused to the point where the applicable laws now work against the principles they were created to protect. There are bogus patent infringement cases clogging the courts, copyright has been extended beyond any semblance of its original function, and for the benefit of people who had nothing to do with the creative process in the first place. (I doubt that the Chiffon’s were actually personally involved in the “My sweet lord/He’s so fine” case.) At this point pretty much any time I see some suit on TV intoning the words “intellectual property” I have to supress my urge to go lacrosse on the SOB.</p>