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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by anon4 on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:48AM (#10264126)
What's wrong with "For he's a jolly good fellow"?
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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by kuschku on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @07:16AM (#10264342)
People all over the world can sing "Happy Birthday", but you’ll get just weird looks from most for "For he's a jolly good fellow"?
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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by FroshKiller on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @07:31AM (#10264385)
That's pretty Amerocentric of you.
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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by kuschku on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @07:55AM (#10264461)
Eh, I'm German – and saying, people here will sing "Happy Birthday" with english lyrics, but not "For he's a jolly good fellow".
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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by FroshKiller on Thursday September 24, 2015 @07:36AM (#10271025)
That's really strange to me! Do the Germans not have some analogue of "Happy Birthday"?
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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by kuschku on Friday September 25, 2015 @01:37PM (#10279503)
Yes, we do have some analogues, but I don't think they're used anymore that much.
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