" Happy Birthday is finally free after 80 years," Randall Newman, one of the plaintiffs' attorneys, told the Los Angeles Times. The basic Happy Birthday tune, derived from another popular children's song, Good Morning to All, has long been in the public domain, and King's decision, though it could be appealed, makes the entirety fair game for use. Happy Birthday song copyright invalid, filmmakers allege.from the song's writers and bought for $15 million US in 1988 by Warner/Chappell Music Inc., only covered specific piano arrangements of the song and not its lyrics. King found Tuesday that the song's original copyright, obtained by the Clayton F. 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.īut the move could mean millions lost for the music publishing company that has been collecting on the copyright to one of the most widely sung songs in the world.
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