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If Rodgers & Hammerstein, for "The Sound of Music," could take an old Austrian folk song called "Edelweiss," get it registered and then charge U.S. royalties on the TUNE even when Christians put whole new lyrics on it ("May the Lord, precious Lord/Bless and keep you forever"); and then the Estate of R&H WITHDRAW the whole kit'n'kaboodle from church use even though neither the tune nor the lyrics were created by either Rodgers or Hammerstein . . . . then the UP just might get away with arguing that fallen roads are part of their heritage just to make a penny. Personally, I think it sucks. But we live in an era where residual rights obtain thru the strangest methods. And while I'm on this rant, [soapbox] when mottoes go from creative and individualistic ("The pause that refreshens") to just plain speech ("This IS the place"; "Building America (ahem)", well I guess he who has the most lawyers wins. If so, I expect UP to spoil the modelers' party and see no significant gain itself. Very close to an act of intellectual vandalism in the sense that it destroys property and value.[banghead] al-in-chgo (Rogers Park)
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