>  happy birthday fuck you!
>  Yeah no sh*t.  Who in the world has copyright over that title.  :-(

Here's the story of the happy birthday song:
http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.htm

Apparently it now brings in about 2 Million in annual royalties which
are split between AOL Time/Warner and a private charity established by
the descendants of the song's creators.

-josh


On 8/6/05, Pat Cook (Jeeper One TV) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  Hi everyone:
>
>  At 10:42 AM 8/6/2005, you wrote:

> Lessig recently cited an experiment, i think in Wired mag, on how they tried
> to legally publish on the net he and friends singing 'Happy Birthday' to
> another friend. Quick conclusion- it cost almost $1,000 *if* they were
> granted permission... which they were at first but then they were denied the
> license agreement in the end.
>
>  happy birthday fuck you!
>  Yeah no sh*t.  Who in the world has copyright over that title.  :-(
>
>  Cheers for now  :-)
>
>  Pat
>

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