Happy Birthday Song Copyright
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Lawsuit Seeks To End 'We Shall Overcome' Copyright
Lawyers are seeking to put "We Shall Overcome," the emblematic song of the US civil rights movement, in the public realm after successfully fighting the copyright of "Happy Birthday to You."
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Tentative Deal Puts 'Happy Birthday' Song In Public Domain
But the judge ruled in September that Warner/Chappell and other prior companies never had the right to charge for use of the song.
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This Court Order Means No 'Happy Birthday' for Warner
A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled yesterday that belting out 'Happy Birthday' in public should be free of charge, dismissing a copyright claim by Warner Music.
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Lawsuit Seeks To End 'We Shall Overcome' Copyright
Lawyers are seeking to put "We Shall Overcome," the emblematic song of the US civil rights movement, in the public realm after successfully fighting the copyright of "Happy Birthday to You."
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Tentative Deal Puts 'Happy Birthday' Song In Public Domain
But the judge ruled in September that Warner/Chappell and other prior companies never had the right to charge for use of the song.
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This Court Order Means No 'Happy Birthday' for Warner
A federal judge in Los Angeles ruled yesterday that belting out 'Happy Birthday' in public should be free of charge, dismissing a copyright claim by Warner Music.
