Linkage

• Gardner Heist gets a shout-out . . . on "The Simpsons."
• Happy birthday copyright!
• Meant to mention this one before the weekend: visual artist class action against Google. "The suit in federal court in New York was filed after a judge in Manhattan last year rejected the artists’ request to be part of a proposed $125 million settlement that Google reached with authors in connection with its plan to make digital copies of books in libraries."