The song is popular at parties, among schoolchildren, even in (usually embarrassing) restaurant birthday scenes. But because of copyright laws, it could not be sung on film or television. Until ...

Remember a while back when we filled you in on the copyright battle over the Happy Birthday song? Well, good news! The ruling on the case that challenged the copyright held on the iconic birthday ...

The Guinness Book of World Records calls "Happy Birthday to You" the most recognized song in the English language. But you'll rarely ever hear it on TV or in a movie. Instead, you usually hear ...

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The two-year-old “Happy Birthday to You” class-action suit that challenged the validity of the song’s stringent, decades-long artistic copyright finally received a ruling Tuesday: The six-note ditty ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — In a gift to many musicians, movie-makers and other content-creators, a federal judge has found that the song "Happy Birthday To You" is entirely in the public domain. But the move ...

A federal judge has ruled that the “Happy Birthday” song is no longer owned by Warner/Chappell Music and belongs in the public domain. The song, which has been owned by the music publisher for almost ...