https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=108.162.241.195&feedformat=atomexplain xkcd - User contributions [en]2024-03-29T15:52:04ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1581:_Birthday&diff=102369Talk:1581: Birthday2015-09-24T18:42:57Z<p>108.162.241.195: </p>
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<div>http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/23/happy-birthday-song-now-in-public-domain.html [[User:Mwburden|mwburden]] ([[User talk:Mwburden|talk]]) 11:09, 23 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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https://ia601904.us.archive.org/13/items/gov.uscourts.cacd.564772/gov.uscourts.cacd.564772.docket.html [[Special:Contributions/162.158.92.245|162.158.92.245]] 11:26, 23 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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Why is there a <nowiki><code></nowiki> box around the transcript? {{User:17jiangz1/signature|12:51, 23 September 2015}}<br />
:Because someone wrote the text with a space between each line instead of beginning each line with ":"<br />
Like this<br />
:Instead of like this --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 13:29, 23 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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There are nine musical notes, not six.<br />
[[Special:Contributions/173.245.50.92|173.245.50.92]] 13:40, 23 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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"Some might claim" seems wishy-washy to me. Perhaps it would be better to say "calling the cops in such situations is neither socially appropriate nor beneficial: this is the source of the humor in this comment." [[User:Djbrasier|Djbrasier]] ([[User talk:Djbrasier|talk]]) 14:15, 23 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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This appears to be one of the few comics with <em> both </em> Black Hat and White Hat. [[Special:Contributions/199.27.133.116|199.27.133.116]] 15:47, 23 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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I don't have a sub to law360, nor do I wish to bother giving them my throwaway email. What was the basis of the ruling? Why is this public domain now? {{unsigned|NotLock}}<br />
:It's not, text updated. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.161|108.162.250.161]] 06:39, 24 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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The third line implies that "xkcd" should be pronounced as having two syllables. {{unsigned ip|108.162.250.163}}<br />
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:Clearly you have never heard "Happy Birthday" sung to someone with a really long name. It doesn't matter if it's two syllables, you just stretch it out. [[Special:Contributions/173.245.48.123|173.245.48.123]] 04:08, 24 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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:The song can accommodate names of different lengths, consider the following https://youtu.be/vWs3035D69k?t=1m23s [[Special:Contributions/108.162.250.180|108.162.250.180]] 08:45, 24 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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AFAIK The ruling only applies to the lyrics, they still have a valid copyright to the music, so if you sing the song you had better make sure it's to a suitable tune that is out of copyright! {{unsigned ip|141.101.99.80}}<br />
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:it was ruled that their copyright only covers a specific piano arrangement which is not the tune in use today, so sing your heart out: [[Special:Contributions/173.245.54.7|173.245.54.7]] 14:00, 24 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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One in 366 xkcd fans turned to the page today and initially thought that Randall had used a code not dissimilar to what Google uses to change the banner to a birthday greeting on the users' birthday. I was one of those fans... :-) [[Special:Contributions/141.101.99.23|141.101.99.23]] 09:33, 24 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
:You mean one in 365,25... ;-) Happy Birthday with yesterday! --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 11:37, 24 September 2015 (UTC)<br />
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On the cake most of the characters are separated by space and a dot, except beret guy and cueball who are separated by space and a heart, any thoughts? --Cris</div>108.162.241.195