Is this evil, or just damn funny?

Mystic Fibrosis

http://www.s-t.com/daily/08-96/08-23-96/b02li056.htm

This is actually scary, consider the whole ethos around copyrighting nowadays.

maxheadroom

Its either a send up, or very, very scary.


Surely this kind of thing is covered in the fair use provisions of US copyright law?

TomTom

sad and petty

billy the squid

We're not allowed to sing 'Happy Birthday,' " warns Debi Jansen, a co-director.

the article is a send up. Happy birthday's copyright would have expired by now it was written in the 1890's

whever wrote this should have done their research.

Havelock

This is why copyright on music is evil. Long live the mp3 international transferes, stealing millions away from those blood-sucking money whore record lables and copyright groups. Ahahahahahahaha. (ahem....)

dahamsta

Originally posted by fcddunne
the article is a send up. Happy birthday's copyright would have expired by now it was written in the 1890's

whever wrote this should have done their research.

Not in the US where the music publishers roam free and Eldred fails and Larry Lessig cries into his hands. What was that you said about research?

adam

penguinbloke

http://www.ibiblio.org/team/fun/birthday/

and


http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.htm


The story behind Happy Birthday.

Copyrights and all.

AL][EN

Originally posted by Havelock
This is why copyright on music is evil. Long live the mp3 international transferes, stealing millions away from those blood-sucking money whore record lables and copyright groups. Ahahahahahahaha. (ahem....)

hell yea tis a victimless crime if you ask me

to be honest wit you i wouldnt be one bit surprised if it wasnt a wind up it surely has to be but you'd never know what those whacky crazy folks over in the good ole US of A are going to do next