Talk:1581: Birthday
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/09/23/happy-birthday-song-now-in-public-domain.html mwburden (talk) 11:09, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
https://ia601904.us.archive.org/13/items/gov.uscourts.cacd.564772/gov.uscourts.cacd.564772.docket.html 162.158.92.245 11:26, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
Why is there a <code> box around the transcript? Forrest (talk)12:51, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
- Because someone wrote the text with a space between each line instead of beginning each line with ":"
Like this
There are nine musical notes, not six. 173.245.50.92 13:40, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
"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." Djbrasier (talk) 14:15, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
This appears to be one of the few comics with both Black Hat and White Hat. 199.27.133.116 15:47, 23 September 2015 (UTC)
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? -- NotLock (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- It's not, text updated. 108.162.250.161 06:39, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
The third line implies that "xkcd" should be pronounced as having two syllables. 108.162.250.163 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
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. 173.245.48.123 04:08, 24 September 2015 (UTC)
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!
- As I understood it, the music itself is in the public domain and it's just the specific piano arrangement that was under copyright. Reproductions of the music are free and legal, reproductions of the arrangement is the only thing to watch out for.
