The US justice decided that the song “Happy Birthday” used worldwide to wish someone a happy birthday, is free from copyright payment.
The sentence was handed down on Tuesday, 22, a court in Los Angeles and ends a court battle two years on the possession, by the record label Warner, the copyright of one of the most known songs around the world.
The giant Warner Music bought in 1988, the copyright of the famous “Happy Birthday,” which siginificaria that anyone who wanted to use the music, imagine the film, television or for commercial purposes had to pay the company about $ 1,500. It is estimated that the company earned almost $ 2 million a year at the expense of the rights to the music.
“Happy birthday” is a derivation of the song “Good morning to all”, composed at the end of the century XIX by sisters Mildred and Patty Smith Hill, who gave the rights of the melody in 1935 the company Summy Co ..
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