"So when you sing "Happy Birthday" to your mom, you don't owe a royalty to Mildred and Patty Smith Hill (they own the copyright), but when it is performed in a movie, you do see a credit roll."

Exposing the Happy Birthday story:

http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/7/5/112441/6280
http://www.jazz-sax.com/articles/03/06/30/066203.shtml?tid=7
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(this title also posted in google groups)


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