Episode 2: Using Copyright as a Weapon, Disney gets caught in the Culture Wars, and Firing a Conductor for... Conducting

This week we have three stories making headlines:

1.      First, the story of police in cities in California pulling up in the squad cars on calls and blasting – of all things – Disney songs on their loudspeakers as they investigate, bewildering and aggravating residents. What can they be thinking? https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/04/12/santa-ana-police-disney-music

2.      Second, and oddly enough – another Disney story – in which the Governor of Florida declares war on the company, the state’s biggest business and cultural icon, no less –stripping it of its special governing district. 

3.      Finally – the story of a Texas orchestra that fired its music director … for conducting his musicians in a concert. https://www.tpr.org/arts-culture/2022-04-19/music-director-speaks-out-about-his-san-antonio-symphony-contract-termination

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