The world's most popular English language song is potentially free from ... King, “Because Summy Co. never acquired the rights to the Happy Birthday lyrics, Defendants, as Summy Co.’s ...

None of the companies that have collected royalties on the “Happy ... the song. It is not entirely clear, the judge ruled, that the Hill sisters wrote the lyrics for “Happy Birthday To You.” ...

LOS ANGELES-- A judge has approved a settlement that will put "Happy Birthday to You" in the ... claimed that the copyright to the lyrics for the song would not expire until 2030, CBS Los Angeles ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The music publishing company that has been collecting royalties on the song “Happy Birthday To You” for years does not hold a valid copyright on the lyrics to the tune ...

But on cross-examination, she admitted that the sisters never published or copyrighted the lyrics to Happy Birthday — not even as the song grew increasingly popular over the next two decades ...

The song was first published in 1893 in “Song Stories for Kindergarten,” and later the lyrics to “Happy Birthday” were adapted to the song’s melody. King wrote that the record “shows ...

LOS ANGELES – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over whether "Happy Birthday to You ... Chappell Music Inc. didn't own the lyrics to the song, only some musical arrangements ...

For generations, “Happy ... lyrics were: “Good morning to you / Good morning to you / Good morning, dear children / Good morning to all.” The song evolved into the well-known birthday ...

is a book of children’s songs that comes straight out of Warner/Chappell’s digital library. This book, plaintiffs believe, establishes that “Happy Birthday” lyrics were dedicated to the ...

27Happy Birthday to You%27 is roughly 120 years old Guinness World Records calls the song the most famous ... the melody to which the simple lyrics of Happy Birthday to You is set was first ...