: Happy Birthday is old enough to be in public domain and is exempt from : any such fees.
Nope. The copyright extends 50 years past the death of the author, who died (IIRC) in the early 90's. His family was still recieving royalties in 2000-2001 I know for sure. : I'm not sure how singing Christmas Carols (not in public : domain) door to : door plays out since you are not in a specific venue. I would : assume that : this would fall under fair use. I would guess that just singing them is fine, but if (for example) the caroling was organized by a church, business, or other non-familial organization, then fair use would not apply. : As far as the last part, I never heard of the lawsuit where ASCAP sued : Girl Scouts for singing songs around a campfire. Yup. The wankers seem to think that GSUSA has money to blow, and never seemed to realize how many Girl Scouts were gonna be pissed. Of course, the door swings both ways. GSUSA sued Barney for using songs copyrighted by the Girl Scouts without permission. Essentially, they only forced him to desist, and openly admitted they would have let him use them royalty-free had he asked, but the damn dinosaur thought he could just take what he wanted. Lizard King my foot. :-) --BenD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
