Intellectual property news / Novedades en la propiedad intelectual

• Apple wants the world to abandon digital rights management for music distribution. Link
• Apple quiere que el mundo abandone plan de administración de derechos digitales para la distribución de música. Enlace (en traducción)
• A guy with dubious intellectual property rights acquired in 2004, to The Electric Slide, popular US wedding dance, is suing folks. Link According to his website, he also appears to be claiming ownership of popping, locking, the weeble, the robot, breakdancing and The Texas 'Silver' Star as well, although I'm not sure if he has filed for authorial title.
  
• Hombre con derechos intelectuales (dudosos) desde 2004, a "The Electric Slide", baile popular en las bodas gringas, está demandando gente. Enlace. Según su página web, el tipo parece estar diciendo que además inventó el breakdance, popping, locking, el weeble, el robot y el Texas 'Silver' Star, aunque no sé si está reclamando derechos de autor para eso también.
  

Here's his website. Is he claiming copyright ownership of ? I can't really tell. But he got the copyright to Electric Slide way back in 2004, so anything's possible.

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