[WOBBLY BOB]

Same reason staff don’t sing “Happy Birthday” for patrons at Applebees and the like.

They would go to Happy Birthday jail.

[wideawake]

One can make a very strained argument that restaurants using "Happy Birthday" constitutes profiting off of the song. But this kindergarten stuff is pure nonsense.

Moreover, "Happy Birthday" is a scam - the song was actually written in 1893 but it was copyrighted by someone who had nothing to do with its composition in 1935.

The actual authors never saw a penny for their song. From a moral (but not a legal) standpoint, the copyright holders of "Happy Birthday" are thieves.

[jimfree]

I have paid for downloading music. Copyright is not restricted to theater performance.

It’s been a while (1957) but I was in Kindergarten once and, I suppose, J. E. Van Wig Elementary School bought music. That schools can pirate music today is not to me a compelling argument against intellectual property rights.

[jimfree]

I have paid for downloading music. Copyright is not restricted to theater performance.

It’s been a while (1957) but I was in Kindergarten once and, I suppose, J. E. Van Wig Elementary School bought music. That schools can pirate music today is not to me a compelling argument against intellectual property rights.