family and its social acquaintances is gathered.</p>
<p>Basically, this means that if you sing happy birthday to to your
-sister at home, you're probably alright. But if you do it in an
+sister at home, you're probably all right. But if you do it in an
restaurant, and if the restaurant hasn't paid up to Warner or to
ASCAP, you may very well be engaging in copyright infringement.</p>
<p>If you have seen someone signing happy birthday in a restaurant, a
park, or at a school, you should tell ASCAP. If you were the offender,
you should apologize and offer to pay whatever is due — a
-nickle, a quarter, a dollar. There is an overwhelming amount copyright
-infringement pertaining to <em>Happy Birthday</em>. </em>Lets set the
+nickel, a quarter, a dollar. There is an overwhelming amount copyright
+infringement pertaining to <em>Happy Birthday</em>. </em>Let's set the
balance right and <em>overwhelm</em> ASCAP with reports.</p>
<p>There are many ways to get in contact with ASCAP:</p>
1-800-505-4052</p>
</blockquote>
-<p>It would also be a good idea to keep Warner Brothers' in the
+<p>It would also be a good idea to keep Warner Brother's in the
loop. Here's their information:</p>
<blockquote>
-->> 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 the offenders.
+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 the
+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
+lobbying Congress to change the laws to reflect the way that most
people actually interact with copyright works such as this.
Regards,