Happy Birhday *the song) is now in the public domain

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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 Los Angeles ruled on Tuesday.
Lawyers will be salivating at the thought of representing movie and TV studios claiming back all the money they've paid in royalties for using the most popular song in the English Language.

All the 'Happy Birthday' song copyright claims are invalid, federal judge rules - LA Times
  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Thank goodness ... finally. I read about all those royalty disputes and couldn't believe it.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Oh Great! Now everyone is going to be singing it at parties and not paying the royalties due.

      I'm going to start throwing furniture. It's the only reasonable response.
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      • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        Oh Great! Now everyone is going to be singing it at parties and not paying the royalties due.

        I'm going to start throwing furniture. It's the only reasonable response.
        You get invited to parties?!?!?!?!?!
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        • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
          Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

          You get invited to parties?!?!?!?!?!
          Claude is actually a Party Pooper. The smell and the mess was so bad that the invites soon dried up.

          Not to mention the broken furniture.
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          • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
            Originally Posted by lanfear63 View Post

            Claude is actually a Party Pooper. The smell and the mess was so bad that the invites soon dried up.

            Not to mention the broken furniture.
            Funny. Brilliantly funny, in fact. It's possible that you are funner than I am.

            And that is why you must die.

            Don't worry, Riffle....you're obviously safe.
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        • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
          Originally Posted by whateverpedia View Post

          You get invited to parties?!?!?!?!?!
          I used to be the one at every kid's birthday party, collecting the royalty.

          I'm why kids are afraid of clowns.

          I'm also why parents hate tax collectors.


          And I'm the reason they invented pajamas....and twin beds.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Claude no longer gets invited to birthday parties.

    Apparently jumping out of a cake while wearing a birthday suit at Chuck E. Cheese is frowned on.

    You'd think they would at least post a warning sign or something.
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    • Profile picture of the author Claude Whitacre
      Originally Posted by yukon View Post

      Claude no longer gets invited to birthday parties.

      Apparently jumping out of a cake while wearing a birthday suit at Chuck E. Cheese is frowned on.
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      I don't think they make cakes in my size......or suits.....or hats.......
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      • Profile picture of the author lanfear63
        Originally Posted by Claude Whitacre View Post

        I don't think they make cakes in my size......or suits.....or hats.......
        Well, you obviously think outside the Bun

        You could jump out of a window instead, far more entertaining.

        I wrote that one for Kurt but he never used it.
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  • Profile picture of the author seasoned
    Did you hear about the mother that was told to PULL a video of her child dancing from youtube? WHY? Because, in the background, a prince song was playing!

    As for the happy birthday song? There are SO many reasons why that should not have been copyrighted during my lifetime! Do you realize that is AT LEAST 120 years old? The tune has been in dispute! The early copies were basically in the public domain.

    Steve
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    • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
      Originally Posted by mariyajohnson02 View Post

      oh that's really a great information.......
      Oh, you're really a bot. Don't let the door hit your arse on the way out.
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