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• How two sisters uncovered heartbreak in their grandfather’s envelope designs

  05-08-2017 07:30
  When two sisters started researching their grandfather’s hobby, they uncovered a love affair that tore their family apart 100 years agoWhen Brenda Fitch was two, her paternal grandfather sent her a letter with a prediction. “I know,” he wrote, “that your dear Dada and Mamma are keeping a book of envelopes for you, and I have no doubt when you reach the age of 21 you will consider them interesting.”Frederick Tolhurst, Brenda’s grandfather, was an amateur artist
  
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• From Alice Springs to Buckingham Palace: the fight for Albert Namatjira's legacy

  05-08-2017 01:40
  A new feature film on the Indigenous Australian painter traces his family’s quest for justice after losing the copyright to his work“This big girl’s got a nice place,” says artist Lenie Namatjira, looking up at Buckingham Palace. It’s 2013, and she and her cousin, Kevin Namatjira, are about to meet Queen Elizabeth and present her with a set of their watercolour paintings. They are following in the footsteps of their grandfather, Albert Namatjira – one of Austr
  
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• Battle Over Cleaning Up Music Databases Erupts In A Full-Out Industry War

  05-08-2017 00:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Three weeks ago, Congress proposed a global, centralized music database to ensure that artists get paid on every streaming platform.  Then, performance rights organizations (PROs) ASCAP and BMI announced that they had started work on a joint authoritative music database one year ago.  Now, the RIAA and the NMPA have started discussions on a possible shared music rights database.
  
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