Posted on 06/28/2016 5:27:15 AM PDT by V K Lee
He said in September that Warner/Chappell Music Inc. didn't own the lyrics to the song, only some musical arrangements - and thus the company had no right to charge for its use.
Warner/Chappell has said it didn't try to collect royalties from just anyone singing the song but those who use it in a commercial enterprise.
Jennifer Nelson, who was billed $1,500 to use 'Happy Birthday to You' in a documentary she is doing on the song's history, said she is 'delighted' with the outcome of the case.
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Doesn’t something fall out of copyright protection after a certain number of years?
Let me ask Mickey and Minnie...
Yes, lifetime of the creator plus 75 years. This is what the writers of the constitution meant when they said ‘limited time.’ And when they extend it again in 20 years or so to be lifetime plus 125 years, we’ll just nod our heads.
That, I believe, was the law before law was completely abandoned. After expiration date, the property became Public Domain
100+ years is more than sufficient.
Good morning to you
Good morning to you
Good morning to yoooou
Good morning to you
They’ll keep kicking the can everytime it comes up.
A very merry un-birthday.
IMO patents should be for 21 years.
NO SOFTWARE PATENTS!
Copyright should be for 7 years with no chance of renewal or extension.
All this intellectual property was meant to fall into the public domain!
You are 100% nuts!
No software patents? It costs hundreds of millions of dollars to develop an operating system.
I have several copyrights and I will be EARNING my royalties for more than seven years, thank you very much.
YOU produce something, then pop off!
The 3rd line is supposed to be “Good Morning Dear Children”
I write software for a living
Why the hell should there be no software patents?
What we need is some computer experts to be consulted when software lawsuits happen.
For example, when Mickeysoft tried to argue that Internet Explorer had to built-in as part of the operating system... I could have shot that argument down in 3 minutes
Why not? We have the best congress money can buy
I stopped giving a damn about copyright for anything more than 30 years old a long time ago. Screw them. The entire Beatles catalog should be in the public domain by now. In Jefferson's day it would be.
I agree. Software patents have been a serious scourge since they were allowed.
I'm willing to go 14 years on copyright with the ability to renew once. (no automatic renewal). If it was good enough for Jefferson, it's good enough for us.
I have produced something.
Seven years is ENOUGH!
You must have created zero patents, copyrights or intellectual property, as such up yours!
The Brits let Elvis and Sinatra’s 1950s recordings lapse into the public domain, it wasn’t until the Beatles and Cliff Richard’s recordings were set to lapse that they changed their laws.
All of which are verboten in this allegedly free country.
Project Gutenberg Canada has the entire The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe series by C.S. Lewis, as well as some of his Christian apologetics works.
Lots of other good stuff on both sites, if you browse around a bit.
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