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Singing Happy Birthday in public is illegal in the US
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Please tell me that's satire.
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That page is satire, but the song really is covered by copyright.
That's why big chain restaurants always sing those lame clapping "happy happy birthday" songs rather then the real thing. If it gets sung on TV or in a movie, they get a check.
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Snopes is your friend.
Claim: The song "Happy Birthday to You" is protected by copyright.
Status: True.
Origins: "Happy Birthday to You" is by far the most well-known song in the English-speaking world, and perhaps the whole world, too. For nearly a century, this simple ditty has been the traditional piece of music sung to millions of birthday celebrants every year — everyone from uncomprehending infants to U.S. presidents; it has been performed in space; and it has been incorporated into untold millions of music boxes, watches, musical greeting cards, and other tuneful products. It therefore surprises many to discover that this ubiquitous song, a six-note melody composed in the 19th century and accompanied by a six-word set of repetitive lyrics, is still protected by copyright — and will be for decades to come.
Continued at:
Urban Legends Reference Pages: Music (Happy Birthday, We'll Sue)
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please quit with all these threads
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I think he already quit.
Railroader is just posting the Digg links, so they get bumped.
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Originally Posted by Kerrigan 
please quit with all these threads
I quit making threads about 30 or 40 minutes before he started spazzing.
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by Rumor
I quit making threads about 30 or 40 minutes before he started spazzing.
Ahhhh... the irony.
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"Unhappy Birthday is a grassroots project run by citizens who are outraged by rampant copyright infringement in today's society — particularly in relation to the song Happy Birthday."
ya right
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