maniakes ([info]maniakes) wrote,
@ 2008-04-29 21:50:00
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The Volokh Conspiracy answers the deep questions
Why is "Happy Birtday to You" still copyrighted if it was first published in 1893?

But it leaves an even more important question unanswered: who owns the copyright to the alternate lyrics?
Happy birthday to you
You belong in a zoo
You look like a monkey
And you smell like one, too


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[info]gnatdbug
2008-04-30 07:41 pm UTC (link)
I was always partial to...

Happy Birthday to you!
You smell like your shoe!
Your dumb and your ugly...
We're glad we're not you!

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