-brought to my attention. I am very concerned by the disregard for the
-law shown by the rampant infringement relating to this "Happy Birthday
-To You."
-
-It is with this in mind that I wish to bring your attention an
-unauthorized performance:
-
- -->> WHEN (e.g., December 10, 2004)
- -->> WHERE (e.g., at the Vol De Nuit at 148 West 4th Street in New York
- -->> WHO (e.g., a group of patrons and the barstaff)
-
-I hope that you are able to quickly follow through on this and to
-enforce your copyright and extract the necessary royalties from the
-offenders.
-
-It is because of your lax and selective enforcement of the copyright
-in this work that most people don't even realize that the song is
-copyrighted. You might see very different behavior from people if they
-knew.
-
-In the event that you choose to continue selective enforcement of
-"Happy Birthday To You", for whatever reason, please considering
-lobbying Congress to change the laws to reflect the way that most
-people actually interact with copyright works such as this.
-
-Regards,
--->> YOUR NAME
--->> YOUR ADDRESS
+brought to my attention. I am very concerned by the public's apparent
+disregard for copyright law demonstrated by rampant infringement of
+"Happy Birthday To You."
+
+It is with this in mind that I wish to bring to your attention a
+recent unauthorized public performance:
+
+ -->> WHEN (e.g., December 10, 2004)
+ -->> WHERE (e.g., at the Vol De Nuit at 148 West 4th Street in New York)
+ -->> WHO (e.g., a group of patrons and the barstaff)
+
+I hope that you are able to quickly follow up on this and to enforce
+your copyright and extract the necessary royalties or licenses from
+the offenders.
+
+It is, in part, because of your lax and selective enforcement of your
+copyright that most people do not realize that "Happy Birthday To You"
+is even copyrighted at all.
+
+In the event that you choose to continue selectively enforcing the
+copyright in "Happy Birthday To You," for whatever reason, please
+consider asking Congress to change copyright law to reflect the way that
+most people view and interact with copyrighted works such as "Happy
+Birthday."
+
+Sincerely yours,
+-->> YOUR NAME
+-->> YOUR ADDRESS