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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by dragonwriter on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:13PM (#14876720)
> So it goes without saying that you're not one of those people who has committed the monstrous act of singing Happy Birthday without paying to license the performance rights?

But, none of the copyright claims on that were valid so, how is that a monstrous act, even in an absolutist view of adherence to legal copyrights?

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-happy-birthday-s...

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Re:I’ve supported myself for the past decade with my side pr... by xiaoma on Friday July 28, 2017 @03:38PM (#14876900)
This is great to see! After 80 years a key piece of shared culture is finally free. I hadn't realized this news.

It is kinda insane that it took until 2015, though. I still somehow doubt that people who get on a high horse about lyrics sites and IP waited until someone with deep pockets was able to fend off a lawsuit in 2015 to sing the song, though.

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