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Happy Birthday Song Released to Public Domain

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Inaccurate title: Happy birthday song was not copyrighted (Score: 1)

by kwerle@pipedot.org on 2015-09-25 15:49 (#NJ5V)

The judge found that Warner/Chappell do not hold copyright to the song. It's not that it was released, it's that it was never really held.

Re: Inaccurate title: Happy birthday song was not copyrighted (Score: 1, Insightful)

by Anonymous Coward on 2015-09-26 04:16 (#NKR0)

Same difference considering the royalties paid over the last century?

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Time Reason Points Voter
2015-09-27 16:22 Insightful +1 bryan@pipedot.org

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Marked as [Not Junk] by bryan@pipedot.org on 2016-05-06 23:21