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		ribs on May 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why did Tom Lehrer swap fame for obscurity? Holy crap, Tom Lehrer is still alive!?

lproven on May 24, 2024 [–]

Yes he is, and he is with it enough to know about the internet and publishing rights and so on.

So, a few years ago, he put all his lyrics in the public domain, and then more recently, all his original melodies too.

Top man.

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