Certain university degrees—especially in the arts and humanities—are often maligned as "rip-offs" or "Mickey Mouse degrees." The argument is that while some degrees lead to high-paying jobs, others ...

The Beatles were quite an original outfit. That originality contributed to their massive international fame, after all. However, the Fab Four were also the subject of a bit of controversy through the ...

Last year, the world got a new Lennon-McCartney song, but it wasn't John Lennon or Paul McCartney. Instead, James McCartney, son of Paul and Linda McCartney, got together with Sean Ono Lennon, son of ...

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but in the world of television, originality goes a long way. Case in point — Eric Kripke's "Supernatural." Prior to it becoming a show about two brothers ...

Superhero comics are a medium based on, for lack of a better term, rip-offs. Basically every everything ever created by Marvel and DC Comics is a rip-off of something; stories follow tried and true ...

The sons of three Beatles members, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr, have collaborated on a new track. The song “Rip-Off” comes from the supergroup Mantra of the Cosmos, which includes ...