Somehow, I find it poetic justice that the company that sued JibJab, the site that used Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land" in a satirical Flash animation, may not have the copyright after all. During research on the song, JibJab defense lawyers found that Ludlow Music was not the copyright holder and that, in fact, the song was in the public domain and had been so for some time.
Ludlow Music quickly dropped its suit but is still maintaining that it has the copyright. No word yet on when a Veterans for Truth, Justice, and Ludlow Music RIAA/DRM site will emerge from the slime.
Aloha!
