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    Recorded Conversations: What Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, and Taylor Swift Can Teach Us

    Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are not law professors, but in their latest public feud with pop-star extraordinaire Taylor Swift, they are providing an interesting example of the legality of recorded conversations as well as their admissibility in civil court.   The Feud   Putting aside the inception of the feud (“Imma let you finish…”) and the back and forth since then, the most recent chapter began when Kanye West released his song “Famous” earlier this year with lyrics referencing Taylor Swift: “I feel like me and Taylor might still have sex / I made that bitch famous.”  West claims that he obtained Swift’s consent for the lyrics during a…