So I'm watching my new ATHF DVD, and...

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November 19th, 2004, 11:23 AM
meatwad

So I'm watching my new ATHF DVD, and...

...one of the episodes is about Meatwad's birthday. Well in the commentary track they explain that they wanted to use the Happy Birthday song, but the found out it was copyrighted. I do a little digging around on google and find a snopes article that confirms that Happy Birthday is indeed copyrighted. Interesting. So I follow the trail of companies that owned the copyright and it leads to AOL/Time Warner, who make approximately $2 million dollars a year off of it. Interesting. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is produced by Williams Street which makes cartoons for Cartoon Network which is owned by.......AOL/Time Warner. Hmmmmmmm....

I have no idea where I'm going with this.
November 19th, 2004, 12:16 PM
Stalemate

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Originally Posted by meatwad

...one of the episodes is about Meatwad's birthday. Well in the commentary track they explain that they wanted to use the Happy Birthday song, but the found out it was copyrighted. I do a little digging around on google and find a snopes article that confirms that Happy Birthday is indeed copyrighted. Interesting. So I follow the trail of companies that owned the copyright and it leads to AOL/Time Warner, who make approximately $2 million dollars a year off of it. Interesting. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is produced by Williams Street which makes cartoons for Cartoon Network which is owned by.......AOL/Time Warner. Hmmmmmmm....

I have no idea where I'm going with this.

Nice intro for conspiracy theories. :D
November 19th, 2004, 03:26 PM
ilovetheusers

Quote:

Originally Posted by meatwad

...one of the episodes is about Meatwad's birthday. Well in the commentary track they explain that they wanted to use the Happy Birthday song, but the found out it was copyrighted. I do a little digging around on google and find a snopes article that confirms that Happy Birthday is indeed copyrighted. Interesting. So I follow the trail of companies that owned the copyright and it leads to AOL/Time Warner, who make approximately $2 million dollars a year off of it. Interesting. Aqua Teen Hunger Force is produced by Williams Street which makes cartoons for Cartoon Network which is owned by.......AOL/Time Warner. Hmmmmmmm....

I have no idea where I'm going with this.

Really? No ****?

How the hell can anyone own the birthday song?
November 19th, 2004, 03:31 PM
meatwad

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Originally Posted by ilovetheusers

Really? No ****?

How the hell can anyone own the birthday song?

I'm glad you asked...

History of Happy Birthday
November 19th, 2004, 03:34 PM
Stalemate

Here's something else to blow your mind, meatwad:

TiVo to Show Banner Ads when FF used.

:p
November 19th, 2004, 03:59 PM
meatwad

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Originally Posted by a d e p t

Here's something else to blow your mind, meatwad:

TiVo to Show Banner Ads when FF used.

:p

Which makes me happy that there's a 30 second skip hack available. :D
November 19th, 2004, 04:05 PM
WebHead

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Originally Posted by meatwad

Which makes me happy that there's a 30 second skip hack available. :D

Will that hack help against the new senate bill they are trying to push through (thanks to the new republican majority) that will make it illegal for you to skip commercials? It's like HR-2193 or something like that (I forget the exact number).