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[-] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

That just makes it worse…just because.

[-] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Happy Birthday is that way too. Walt Disney didn't invent it, people have been singing that song since before IP was a thing, but Disney owns the patent for it. IP is just so transparently bullshit.

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 year ago

It's actually in the public domain, and Disney never claimed copyright.

The company that had been collecting copyright fees was found to have never held a valid copyright, and that any valid copyright would have long expired if anyone actually did have one which was unproven, and the company had to payback the money they collected.

[-] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Everyone working at restaurants clapped

along to the original tune when it was verified legal to w/o payments!

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

It’s not possible to patent a song.

Disney never held the copyright.

It’s been public domain since 2017 in Europe and since 2016 in the US and almost certainly long before.

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