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Courtesy Kembrew McLeod The Fake 'Asian' Who Fooled 18th-Century London
George Psalmanazar, a blond-haired man with blue eyes, convinced English intellectuals that Jesuit priests had kidnapped him from the savage island of Taiwan.
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Andy Kaufman's Best Lies
This week's hoax over his supposedly continued existence pales in comparison to what the comic accomplished at the height of his powers.
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America's Relationship With Pirates: It's Complicated
The Obama administration is cracking down on copyright infringement. But as a new book argues, this country has a long history of flexible intellectual property laws.
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How to Make a Documentary About Sampling--Legally
America's copyright laws are a mess. Why they're broken and what can be done to fix them so they promote creativity.
