OT: Next Time you sing happy birthday

[phiscock-g851W1bGYuGnS0EtXVNi6w at public.gmane.org]

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> Wikipedia has a pretty informative discussion of it...

Indeed, from Wikipedia:
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Many restaurants have original, modern, corporate-developed songs that are
used instead of the old-fashioned "Happy Birthday to You" when serving
patrons the traditional cake on their birthdays. Originally, these songs
were specifically developed to prevent copyright infringement and having
to pay royalties.
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Yesterday evening I had dinner at a Swiss Chalet in Richmond Hill. The
wait staff gathered several times to sing the Swiss Chalet corporate
birthday song. I wondered why the didn't just sing 'Happy Birthday [tm]".
Now I know.

-- 
Peter Hiscocks
Syscomp Electronic Design Limited, Toronto
http://www.syscompdesign.com
USB Oscilloscope and Waveform Generator
647-839-0325

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