To be fair, AOL didn't copyright it-- the original "authors"* owned
the copyright, which was eventually sold to Warner Bros. (I think).
It's conglomeratization that puts the property into the hands of
AOL-Time-Warner.

*not really sure how changing one word and doubling a note in each
line qualifies as "authoring," but hey. Whatever. If that's legit, so
is changing one more word/note to make your own version of Happy
Birthday, I suppose.


On 8/7/05, Pat Cook (Jeeper One TV) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  Leave it fuckin' AOL to take something like "Happy Birthday" and copyright
> it for fuckin' profit (Sorry, I don't buy the so-called "private charity"
> bullshit).  :-(  :-(  :-(

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Stephanie Bryant
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