http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/22/scott-beale-calls-for-the-end-of-happy-birthday/ This can all be made better. Ready? Begin. Mon, 16 Apr 2012 18:32:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/22/scott-beale-calls-for-the-end-of-happy-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-22762 James Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:41:53 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/22/scott-beale-calls-for-the-end-of-happy-birthday/#comment-22762 Also see http://unhappybirthday.com/ Also see http://unhappybirthday.com/

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/22/scott-beale-calls-for-the-end-of-happy-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-22386 Laughing Squid » Not So Happy Birthday Song Mon, 23 Oct 2006 20:54:08 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/22/scott-beale-calls-for-the-end-of-happy-birthday/#comment-22386 [...] Chris Messina has outed me on my secret plot to rid the world of the traditional “Happy Birthday” song. Aside from the fact that it has the least inspired lyrics of almost any song ever written, it is also not even in the public domain, but instead protected by a copyright until 2030. We need to open source the Happy Birthday song and release it under Creative Commons. Of course this is not a new idea. Kuro5hin has a great write-up on the legal issues surrounding “Happy Birthday”. photo credit: Scott Beale tags: open source (T) , birthday (T) , Creative Commons (T) , Happy Birthday (T) , song (T) posted by Scott Beale on Monday, October 23rd, 2006 Comments RSS feed | Trackback URL [...] [...] Chris Messina has outed me on my secret plot to rid the world of the traditional “Happy Birthday” song. Aside from the fact that it has the least inspired lyrics of almost any song ever written, it is also not even in the public domain, but instead protected by a copyright until 2030. We need to open source the Happy Birthday song and release it under Creative Commons. Of course this is not a new idea. Kuro5hin has a great write-up on the legal issues surrounding “Happy Birthday”. photo credit: Scott Beale tags: open source (T) , birthday (T) , Creative Commons (T) , Happy Birthday (T) , song (T) posted by Scott Beale on Monday, October 23rd, 2006 Comments RSS feed | Trackback URL [...]

]]> http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/22/scott-beale-calls-for-the-end-of-happy-birthday/comment-page-1/#comment-22205 jlc Sun, 22 Oct 2006 16:52:24 +0000 http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2006/10/22/scott-beale-calls-for-the-end-of-happy-birthday/#comment-22205 Happy sue day to all,happy happy sue day to all, suit is still pending, happy sue day to all. Happy sue day to all,happy happy sue day to all, suit is still pending, happy sue day to all.

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