this land is your song
the conflict between jibjab and ludlow music, which claimed copyright on “this land is your land” is settled, based on the discovery that the song is, in fact, in the public domain.
the news is at eff which brought a lawsuit on behalf of jibjab. corante has a decent collection of posts and links on the story as it developed (start at the bottom, read up).
i didn’t see any news about refunds for anyone else that had been shaken down by ludlow music for use of the song since the copyright expired, but that would be an interesting follow-up.