Cof L49

[rich]

its very refreshing to read Pynchon for the goofball shit--very
healthy as one becomes a greybeard I think



On 6/3/09, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> The satirical poems and songs that crop up in Alice In Wonderland seem like
> an inspiration.
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> Laura
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> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Michael Bailey <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>
>>Sent: Jun 3, 2009 9:15 AM
>>To: P-list <pynchon-l at waste.org>
>>Subject: Re: Cof L49 "Contracts flee thee yet"
>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 1, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Mark Kohut <markekohut at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> p. 83 Yoyodyne, Yoyodyne,
>>>>         Contracts flee thee yet.
>>>>         DOD has shafted thee,
>>>>         Out of spite, I'll bet.
>>>
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>>these remind me of the MAD Magazine song parodies
>>
>>I can easily visualize a cartoon version of this book in the style of
>>Mort Drucker
>>
>>in fact it was MAD who established the legal precedent for song
>>parodies in 1961:
>>
>>The magazine has been involved in various legal actions over the
>>decades, some of which have reached the United States Supreme Court.
>>The most far-reaching was Irving Berlin et al. v. E.C. Publications,
>>Inc.. In 1961, a group of music publishers representing songwriters
>>such as Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers and Cole Porter filed a $25
>>million lawsuit against Mad for copyright infringement following "Sing
>>Along With Mad," a collection of parody lyrics "sung to the tune of"
>>many popular songs. The publishing group hoped to establish a legal
>>precedent that only a song's composers retained the right to parody
>>that song. The U.S. District Court ruled largely in favor of Mad in
>>1963, affirming its right to print 23 of the 25 song parodies under
>>dispute. An exception was found in the cases of two parodies, "Always"
>>(sung to the tune of "Always") and "There's No Business Like No
>>Business" (sung to the tune of "There's No Business Like Show
>>Business"). Relying on the same verbal hooks ("always" and
>>"business"), these were found to be overly similar to the originals.
>>The music publishers appealed the ruling, but the U.S. Court of
>>Appeals not only upheld the pro-Mad decision in regard to the 23
>>songs, it stripped the publishers of their limited victory regarding
>>the remaining two songs. The publishers again appealed, but the
>>Supreme Court refused to hear it, thus allowing the decision to
>>stand.[22][23]
>>(Wikipedia)
>>
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>>--
>>"...no matter what you did to its edges the true Pacific stayed
>>inviolate and integrated or assumed the ugliness at any edge into some
>>more general truth."
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