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A Social Justice Icon In Life, Is Bob Marley A Sellout In Death?

A Social Justice Icon In Life, Is Bob Marley A Sellout In Death?
Marley's estate earned $16 million in 2023, making the artist ninth in Forbes' list of highest-paid dead celebrities that year. Toa Heftiba/Unsplash

Are Bob Marley’s artistic and cultural values now clouded in a haze of rampant commercialization?

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Society

Pussy Riot, The Brand: Legal Battle Over Trademark Of Embattled Russian Band

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MOSCOW – The Russian patent office has announced on its official website that it has denied Pussy Riot’s application for a trademark. The application has been at the center of a major conflict about the use of Pussy Riot’s “brand.” Band member Yekaterina Samutsevich had requested that one of the group’s lawyers, Mark Feigin, not […]

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