I will be running my very first marathon in October this year in Chicago. In connection with the marathon, I am raising money for the American Cancer Society. Almost all of us know someone who has suffered from cancer. There are many fine charities to support. I choose to support the American Cancer Society because they fund a range of research, patient services, early detection, treatment and education programs and because they seem like good people.
If you donate $10 or more, I will add any song of your choosing to my Marathon playlist. So far the selected songs are:
- Jingle Bells;
- The Night Chicago Died by Paper Lace;
- Shout to the Top’ by Style Council;
- Dies Irae from Mozart’s Requiem;
- Waltzing Matilda;
- We Built This City” by Starship;
- “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen;
- “We are Never Getting Back Together” by Taylor Swift
- Give Up The Funk by Parliament
- …
The recent lawsuit in the UK where Ministry of Sound is suing Spotify for allowing users to recreate MOS compilations using spotify playlists makes me wonder whether I have any copyright in the playlist that results from my fundraising.
Actually, that was just a pretense to (a) blog about the fact that I am running the Marathon and (b) suggest that if you made it this far into the post, you should donate some money to help fight cancer.