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Famous musical satirist waives copyright on song lyrics

The Elements song writer Tom Lehrer sayslyrics that have been published or unpublished or copyrighted or uncopyrighted maybe downloaded and used in ‘any manner whatsoever’

Renowned music satirist Tom Lehrer has decided to put all ofhis lyrics into the public domain in an unprecedented move often unseen in thecopyright world.

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