There's been an awful lot of fuss recently about copyright violation. Leaving aside my own brush with it as the victim of bandwidth theft (more of that anon when I can think of something suitably humilating to say about the spotty little perps responsible),
Unhappy Birthday is doing their best to help ASCAP out and protect a regularly violated copyright.
If you have seen someone singing Happy Birthday in a restaurant, a park, or at a school, you should tell ASCAP so that they can arrange for a license. If you are an offender, you should apologize and offer to pay whatever is due — a nickel, a quarter, a dollar — whatever ASCAP demands.
There is an overwhelming amount of copyright infringement of Happy Birthday. Let's right the balance and tell ASCAP about every one of these violations!
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