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Thursday, October 19

Breakin' the Law

Ever wonder why restaurants sing random (usually clap-happy) versions of Happy Birthday? Hint: not because they think they are creative.

Turns out the song is copyrighted by Warner Chappell music, and singing it without paying royalties is copyright infringement.

Who knew? Apparently, Dmitry's accounting professor...

posted by Brad at 10/19/2006 02:40:00 PM | permalink | 1 comments

1 Comments:

  • Your link about the Cell Phone Concerto reminds of this "mission" from Improv Everywhere...
    http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_view.php?mission_id=55

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 10/19/2006 3:51 PM 

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