[Behind Liberal Lines]

I've noticed a lot of restaurants that use some sort of fake birthday song: "Happy Happy Birthday, we're so glad you came, to celebrate your birthday...."

Also Roger Ebert noticed you see this sometimes in movies: the use of a fake birthday song because the producers didn't want to pay royalties to use "happy birthday," or simply no singing at all.

[B Knotts]

Can't leave out how ASCAP tried to force Girl Scout troops to pay royalties for singing songs around campfires.