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The first situation isn't copyright violation because some monied entity went out and litigated against Warner/Chappell music. That's the problem with copyright
by bediger4000 4y ago
The first situation isn't copyright violation because some monied entity went out and litigated against Warner/Chappell music. That's the problem with copyright - until you've litigated, which is expensive, you just can't tell what's in and what's out of copyright. You wrote "almost certainly" because of that.
- paulcole 4y ago> You wrote "almost certainly" because of that. No, I didn’t. I was hedging against the too-clever HN commenter coming back and saying, “The robot knew you were going to sell the painting” or “You sang the game on the Jumbotron at Yankee Stadium.”
- bediger4000 4y agoBecause of the litigation, even singing "Happy birthday to you" on the Jumbotron is not infringement. But only because of the litigation.