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@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ currently owned and actively enforced by Time Warner?</p>
 ...or among a substantial number of people who are not family or friends<br />
 You are involved in a public performance of that work?</p>
 
 ...or among a substantial number of people who are not family or friends<br />
 You are involved in a public performance of that work?</p>
 

-<p>Did you know an unauthorized public performance is a form of
+<p>Did you know an unauthorized public performance is often a form of

 <em>copyright infringement</em>?</p>
 
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 <em>copyright infringement</em>?</p>
 
 </div>


@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1111624">This
 article</a> by law professor Robert Brauneis has raised some important
 questions about the history of Happy Birthday. That said, copyright in
 the song continues to be enforced and Warner Brothers continues to
 article</a> by law professor Robert Brauneis has raised some important
 questions about the history of Happy Birthday. That said, copyright in
 the song continues to be enforced and Warner Brothers continues to

-collect more than $2 million each year in royalities. Until we hear a
+collect more than $2 million each year in royalties. Until we hear a

 judge rule on Brauneis's suggestions, we'll continue to give Warner and
 the market the benefit of the doubt.</p>
 
 judge rule on Brauneis's suggestions, we'll continue to give Warner and
 the market the benefit of the doubt.</p>
 


@@ -110,11 +110,20 @@ or display it at a place open to the public or at any place where a
 substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family
 and its social acquaintances is gathered."</p>
 
 substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family
 and its social acquaintances is gathered."</p>
 

-<p>This means that if you sing <cite>Happy Birthday</cite> to your family at
-home, you're probably not committing copyright infringment. However, if you
-do it in an restaurant &mdash; and if the restaurant hasn't already worked
-out a deal with ASCAP &mdash; you may be engaging in <em>copyright
-infringement</em>.</p>
+<p>Additionally, United States Code Title 17, §110(4) states that
+singing the song among a group of people "without any direct or indirect
+commercial advantage" will not constitute infringement either. But keep
+in mind: "indirect commercial advantage" is very broad. Courts have
+found that restaurants, camps, and other venues benefit indirectly from
+performances of songs like Happy Birthday. Unless the song has been
+licensed in these situations, it's infringement.</p>
+
+
+<p>This means that if you sing <cite>Happy Birthday</cite> to your
+family at home, you're probably not committing copyright infringment.
+However, if you do it in an restaurant &mdash; and if the restaurant
+hasn't already worked out a deal with ASCAP &mdash; you may be engaging
+in <em>copyright infringement</em>.</p>

 
 <h2>How Can I Help Stop Infringement?</h2>
 
 
 <h2>How Can I Help Stop Infringement?</h2>