Friday, May 09, 2008

happy birthday copyright

We've all heard that every time someone sings "Happy Birthday" that the copyright holders should be getting paid. Via William Patry's blog, a link to a remarkable article and web site from Professor Robert Brauneis of George Washington Law School that present all the evidence he could find about the copyright status of the song.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Speaking o' which... Happy Birthday! :)

Leslie Johnston said...

Thanks! Erin S., Holly and Brandon are in town for various reasons, so dinner all together tonight.