Sorry, more news…File this one under the “Don’t they have anything better to do?” category (laughed out loud when I read it):

A 73-year-old bar manager who illegally performed copyrighted tunes by the Beatles and other artists on the harmonica was arrested Thursday on suspicion of violating the Copyright Law, police said.

Arrested was Masami Toyoda, of Tokyo’s Nerima-ku. He has reportedly admitted to the allegations against him.

Investigators accuse Toyoda of illegally performing 33 songs such as the Beatles’ songs “Here, There and Everywhere” and “Yesterday,” whose copyrights are managed by the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers. He allegedly performed the songs on the harmonica with a female pianist at the bar he operated between August and September this year.

He’s SEVENTY-THREE and it was in a bar, in Nerima, ON A HARMONICA!! How much does anyone think he was profiting from this? With all the copyright violations going on these days, is this one to really pursue?

Watch out all you Karaoke fans: sing Eleanor Rigby one too many times and you’ll be doing time kneeling on a concrete floor with your hands tied behind your back…