We can all sing Happy Birthday now (but it's still not in the public domain)http://motherboard.vice.com/read/we-can-all-sing-happy-birthday-now-but-its-still-not-public-domain …
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@sarahjeong CAN you even copyright that? Is there a case on a short phrase but, you know, repeated a few times? -
@RLHeppner There are a bunch of cases on short phrases, actually, including one nice piece of dicta about "weasels ripped my flesh"
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@sarahjeong I always liked the explanation of why spreadsheets aren't patented. Basically, "We didn't think software patents work that way."Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong once again, i trot out: "It took TWO people to write that song?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp10Andthbk …Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong Also, wouldn't singing "Happy Birthday, dear xxxx" make it a transformative work?Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong by that logic most pop songs shouldn't be copyrighted ;)Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong maybe that's the problem, that the lyrics aren't actually 100% fixedMerci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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@sarahjeong or would you have to copyright millions of versions with every name possible in them?Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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