Legal Question

[alitivity]

Unless there is a specific persons voice on the recording, and they could prove it was them, they would not have a claim.

[guitarron]

This reminded me of this amusing piece on trivia....

http://www.unhappybirthday.com/

So next time your kids have a birthday, check out the window in case ASCAP are knocking on your door!

that's kind of unbelievable that happy birthday still is copyrighted

[beleg]

yeah, I heard about happy birthday before, on a related 'note', a friend of mine runs this website to help people find public domain music that they can record for free. 

http://www.pdinfo.com/

"A reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music . . . lists of public domain music, royalty free music recordings you can license, and public domain sheet music reprints . . . precisely the music you need for your business, organization, or personal use"

[guitarron]

yeah, I heard about happy birthday before, on a related 'note', a friend of mine runs this website to help people find public domain music that they can record for free. 

http://www.pdinfo.com/

"A reference site to help identify public domain songs and public domain music . . . lists of public domain music, royalty free music recordings you can license, and public domain sheet music reprints . . . precisely the music you need for your business, organization, or personal use"

thanks-very helpful-bookmarked