In comp.os.linux.advocacy, [H]omer
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on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 01:44:16 +0100
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> Verily I say unto thee, that The Ghost In The Machine spake thusly:
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>> BTW, my understanding is that "Happy Birthday To You" in commercial
>> settings needs a royalty payment of 1 cent a singing.
>
> "Happy Birthday To You" is a copyrighted song!!!
>
> That's just perverse.
All songs are, in theory, copyrighted. It's just that
the owner of this one requires royalty payments.
I agree, quite perverse, especially after learning that
it's a modified version of "Good Morning To You", which is
now public domain.
My brain hurts.
>
>> Welcome to the New World Order.
>
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