"Happy Birthday to You" is sung everywhere, but because it's copyrighted, it's rarely heard on TV or in movies. A filmmaker has filed a lawsuit seeking to make the song part of the public domain.

I no longer feel guilty about singing “Happy Birthday” without paying for its use. Since 1935, various companies have claimed copyright ownership over the traditional “Happy Birth… ...

For generations, "Happy Birthday" — a tune sung to almost every American every single year of his or her life — has made millions of dollars for its aggressive copyright owners.

A federal judge in California has ruled that all copyright claims to the song “Happy Birthday To You” are invalid, the Los Angeles Times reports, meaning that music publisher Warner/Chappell ...

Jennifer Nelson has been making a documentary about the “Happy Birthday” song since 2013. To her surprise the song wasn't free, and to use it legally Warner was going to charge her $1,500.

The “Happy Birthday” song is finally free to use after a landmark court ruling in the US that concluded it should be “dedicated to public use and in the public domain”. It comes after 80 ...

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 ...

It collects royalties for everything from happy birthday ring-tones to e-cards that play "Happy Birthday to You." The Girl Scouts once were warned they would have to pay a fee if campers sang it.

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 in ...

You can now sing the Happy Birthday song without the risk of a lawsuit. A US federal judge on Monday (June 27) signed off on a settlement that puts the song - considered one of the most ...

The world's most popular English language song is potentially free from copyright after a federal judge ruled on Tuesday that filmmakers challenging Warner/Chappell Music's hold on "Happy Birthday ...