A federal judge has ruled that Warner / Chappel does not have a valid copyright to “Happy birthday to you.” In a 43-page ruling, Judge George H. King, the chief U.S. district judge for the ...

"It's a song that everyone's familiar with ... the lyrics to "Happy Birthday to You" have a murkier background. They were mentioned in a 1901 publication but the full lyrics didn't appear in ...

A judge grants summary judgment to a filmmaker challenging Warner/Chappell's copyright to a song more than a century ... Music’s hold on “Happy Birthday to You” should be granted summary ...

None of the companies that have collected royalties on the “Happy Birthday” song for the past 80 years held a valid copyright claim to one of the most popular songs in history, a federal judge ...

A federal judge ruled on Tuesday that the lyrics to “Happy Birthday to You” are not protected by copyright, concluding that Warner/Chappell Music does not hold a valid claim to the song.

One of Nelson's lawyers, Mark Rivkin, said as Nelson did more and more research on the song's roots, "she got madder and madder and madder." Happy Birthday generates an estimated $2 million a year ...

27Happy Birthday to You%27 is roughly 120 years old Guinness World Records calls the song the most famous in the English language Warner/Chappell Music Inc. claims exclusive copyright NEW YORK (AP ...

Turns out the song you've sung at every single birthday party your entire life ... Plus, one person would have to be the guitar in the background, and that's always fun.

Save this article to read it later. The rights to the song “Happy Birthday to You” have been the subject of 80 years of legal battles, but they’re coming to an end on March 14. On that day ...

Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. . .." I bet you can hear that song in your head when you read those words. Practically everyone knows the song “Happy Birthday to You.” ...

The singer released it in conjunction with an Instagram post of her singing the “happy birthday” song to herself. “Somebody said, ‘What are you gonna get on your birthday?’ I said ...