And one more question regarding the Happy Birthday copyright. Practically and also legally if an owner does not pursue their copyright claim over a period of years, would it not be an analogous situation to a trademark drifting into the lexicon as a common term rather than a protected mark?
Rather than make us all feel like criminals for violating everyones right to ownership, I would like to see the "fair use" definition broadened to say essentially we are all innocent of criminally copying until it can be proven that those four Texaco conditions are proven with very heavy weight given to proving the loss of someones revenue stream directly resulting from the violation.
David Stover
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Received on Wed Sep 17 1997 - 14:57:51 GMT
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