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> Your voice assistant could use machine learning to ... At least the owner of "Happy birthday" would start to get their rightful royalties each time we sing t

> Your voice assistant could use machine learning to ... At least the owner of "Happy birthday" would start to get their rightful royalties each time we sing that god awful song. /s

blisterpeanuts 5y ago
You make a good point, but your example is out of date; "Happy Birthday To You" melody was recently found to be copied from an earlier composition "Good Morning To You" and the copyright is therefore invalidated. Decades of royalties for a stolen song!