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My favorite recent copyright story is the Happy Birthday song.

It may be common knowledge by now, but Warner copyrighted this song from the 1800s and profited for years until someone challenged it in court.

I've been waiting for someone to post one of those "this was way more complicated than that and this is why it wasn't as outrageous as people make it seem", but nothing yet.

This in a addition to the Micky Mouse laws really makes the system feel flawed, even though it has its clear benefits.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/happy-birthda...




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