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We should've figured it out well before then (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

Everyone working at restaurants clapped

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

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months 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.