Fat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoTIL the generic but world famous 'Happy Birthday to You' song was actually copyrighted until 2016marketrealist.comexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1256arrow-down18
arrow-up1248arrow-down1external-linkTIL the generic but world famous 'Happy Birthday to You' song was actually copyrighted until 2016marketrealist.comFat Tony@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up66·2 days agoThere was a long running TV Trope caused by shows not wanting to license happy birthday.
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·edit-22 days agoScene starts 🎶 tooo yooouuu! 🎶 I never would have thought this is a legit way of circumventing copyright. Holy shit. Obligatory Community clip
minus-squareSatyrSack@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 days ago30 Rock did it the other way around while also poking fun at the trope itself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MymL4feJOhs
There was a long running TV Trope caused by shows not wanting to license happy birthday.
Scene starts
🎶 tooo yooouuu! 🎶
I never would have thought this is a legit way of circumventing copyright. Holy shit.
Obligatory Community clip
30 Rock did it the other way around while also poking fun at the trope itself
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MymL4feJOhs
Crazy ! I didn’t know that