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Happy birthday at the summit
Fifty years ago, WAC Bennett declared the Trans-Canada open at the Rogers Pass
Correction Corner
Thanks to a reader for pointing out a mistake in my article on “Happy Birthday”: the song is not, in fact, under copyright in Canada, but entered the public domain in Canada in 1985. (Warner/Chappell sent the reader a letter to this effect in 1997.) I recall being told, in law school, that the song was under copyright everywhere, but apparently this was wrong — which could be taken as further proof that you shouldn’t believe everything lawyers tell you.
Happy Birthday’s sad money grab
All those restaurant waiters singing the iconic tune? Legally, they could owe $20,000.