Hapi Berth Dey

Just a copyright-free little ditty about an Egyptian river god who finds a place to sleep atop two sheep and a deer named Harrison, who also happen to be governors of Algiers before the French conquest in 1830.

...and now that I think about it, "Harrison" might not be the right name for a deer. Go ahead and use discretion, name the deer whatever you'd like.

Barats and Bereta

A HUGE thanks to our lawyer buddy, Doug Lief, for his input on this.

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[bigdaddyaen]

Can you write a similar copyright-free song, except about a deer named Dave? Preferably before the 23rd? Thanks.

[posterchild888]

how's that? this video is entirely Barats...

[miticomarci]

yeah that i got, but i didn't get the lyrics of the song :D

[katman911]

This is pretty cool. I get the point with the lyrics - but is the melody really not copyrighted? Seems to me like it's the same. Elaborate, please.

[ROhjklyuiop]

The test in copyright is usually "originality", in the sense of where something originated from. Here it is clear that this song is "copied" from the other one, so it would be an infringement. Except that video probably counts as fair use (being parody). Using it in films almost certainly wouldn't.

[Disclaimer: copyright law is incredibly complicated, varies on jurisdiction and has lots of subtleties - this is a simplified version.]

[Jwa107]

The Happy Birthday song's copyright belongs to Time Warner. However the melody to the song Happy Birthday started with the song "Good Morning to All" (Which is not under copyright.). The lyrics however do belong to Time Warner, but BaratsAndBereta took all homonyms of the original lyrics to circumvent the copyright. Therefore, this version of the song is not breaking any copyright laws!

[Sappy10111]

This is badass xD

[Harrison1875]

Awesome!

[PossumCuber]

I decree that everyone is now to be called Harrison on their birthday.

[MichaelTX10]

This is the definition of genius.

[Harrison Munitz]

YES!!! MY NAME IS HARRISON!! ITS SOOO CONVENIENT!!

[DJReiko]

I'm trying to understand your logic here. A video without Joe, being "genius, original and creative" Yet, the creativity died when Joe left. Even though he didn't leave. He's still a very big part of this channel. He just does sourcefed videos too.