[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Happy Birthday song

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

Hey guys:  I was discussing this issue with another retired attorney 
friend of mine,  ( the other one Steve )  :))

This just shows that this discussion and my and others opinions of the 
Big Protective associations and Greed of Corporate American runs 
rampant and they do just about anything they want to and get away with 
it.  And yes continue to pass laws thru bought Politicians to legalize 
their thefts.   What you say ??? The Disney Corporation!!!   Heaven 
Forbid  that would be like having Prostitutes teaching Sunday School 
classes.  :))

Never trust the man that says I wanna Rule Ya.  :))

Cheers,

Doubting Thomas  :))



Subject: Happy Birthday song

      hmm, may I assume that the portion of this entry beginning 'The 
Melody for Happy birthday...' was copied from some other source without 
attribution or copyright license?  :)
  That's okay, I'd call this a commentary or criticism and thus a 'fair 
use' -- however it should be attributed nonetheless.

  I write a column on art law including copyright issues for a web 
publication called Fine Art Registry, and one of my columns dealt with 
the "Lion Sleeps Tonight" litigation -- the daughters of the African 
composer of that tune are deep in litigation with Disney over their 
unlicensed theft of the song (the American pop-folk musicians who 
recorded it in the 1960s in fact paid copyright fees to the composer -- 
Disney to date has not, despite its prominent feature in the Lion King 
movies).


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