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    Boing Boing‏Verified account @BoingBoing 15 Jun 2013

    "Happy Birthday" is not in copyright, and Warner owes the world hundreds of millions for ill-gotten royalties.http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 

    8:41 AM - 15 Jun 2013
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      1. Art Of Copyfight‏ @ArtOfCopyfight 27 Jul 2014
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        MT @BoingBoing: Lawsuit claims "Happy Birthday" is #publicdomain & Warner owes world millions for illegit royalties. http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 

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      1. Charlie White‏Verified account @c_write 15 Jun 2013
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        #Louisville's Hill sisters deserve much credit for writing it MT @BoingBoing: "Happy Birthday" not in copyright http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 

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      2. Tom the Dancing Bug‏Verified account @RubenBolling 15 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        “@BoingBoing: "Happy Birthday" is not in copyright... http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 ” But *I* own the copyright for "Are ya 1? Are ya 2?..." PAY UP

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      3. Kip Williams sort of‏ @kiptw 15 Jun 2013
        Replying to @RubenBolling

        @RubenBolling @BoingBoing I would love it if they could get a court to agree. It seems obvious to me, but (because?) I'm not a lawyer.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Tom the Dancing Bug‏Verified account @RubenBolling 15 Jun 2013
        Replying to @kiptw

        @kiptw @BoingBoing sometimes judges take into account the views of non-lawyer simpleton rubes like you.

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      5. Kip Williams sort of‏ @kiptw 15 Jun 2013
        Replying to @RubenBolling

        @RubenBolling @BoingBoing And possibly even complex Rubens like yourself. (The defense places the following comic strip in evidence…)

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Chad Tabary‏ @chadtabary 17 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        Love it! RT @BoingBoing: "Happy Birthday" is not in copyright, and Warner owes the world millions for royalties. http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 

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      1. S Marin‏ @lavaquitamoo 16 Jun 2013
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        Oh snap!! --“@BoingBoing: "Happy Birthday" is not in copyright...Warner owes the world hundreds of millions... http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 ”

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      1. Amy James‏ @AmyBethJames 15 Jun 2013
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        Documentarians file suit against Warner/Chappel, citing evidence that "Happy Birthday" is pub domain. RT@BoingBoing http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 

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      1. Katrina Lowry‏ @katrina_lowry 15 Jun 2013
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        @collectivejoe “@BoingBoing:"Happy Birthday" is not in copyright, and Warner owes the world hundreds of millions... http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 ”

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      1. esmereldes‏ @esmereldes 15 Jun 2013
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        Wait, what? "@BoingBoing: Happy Birthday" not in copyright, Warner owes 100s of millions for ill-gotten royalties. http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 ”

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      1. HatManJoe‏ @JoeKlemmer 15 Jun 2013
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        @BoingBoing Wouldn't it be nice if this ridiculous action got TPTB to fix the copyright/patent system?

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      1. Melissa J. Anderson‏ @dandybandit 15 Jun 2013
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        RT @BoingBoing: "Happy Birthday" is not in copyright, and Warner owes hundreds of millions for ill-gotten royalties. http://dlvr.it/3WNmq9 

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      1. Sam Spade‏ @languagegame 15 Jun 2013
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        @BoingBoing isn't that headline a little misleading?

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      2. Glenn Fleishman‏Verified account @GlennF 15 Jun 2013
        Replying to @BoingBoing

        @BoingBoing It’s only millions.

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      3. Senior White House Correspondent Crong Bots‏ @deanputney 15 Jun 2013
        Replying to @GlennF

        @GlennF @BoingBoing Millons.

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      4. Glenn Fleishman‏Verified account @GlennF 15 Jun 2013
        Replying to @deanputney

        @deanputney @BoingBoing Statute of limitations allows potential for suit to return money only since mid-2009.

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