The song “Happy Birthday To You” is free for all to use after a judge ruled it is entirely in the public domain. U.S. District Judge George H. King found Tuesday that the song’s original copyright ...

A filmmaker is taking the “Happy Birthday” song to court to prove once and for all that it should be free to all. Most everyone knows the “Happy Birthday” song. You can hear the tune in your head ...

LOS ANGELES — In a gift to many musicians, movie-makers and other content-creators, a federal judge has found that the song “Happy Birthday To You” is entirely in the public domain. But the move could ...

As I turn 50 years old this week, I can’t help but think of the famous Happy Birthday song and the class action that resulted in its entering the public domain earlier this year. The class action ...

(LOS ANGELES) — Chances are, you don’t know that every time you’ve sung “Happy Birthday to You” during your life, you owed someone a copyright fee. That’s also why you so seldom hear the familiar song ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has approved a settlement that will put “Happy Birthday to You” in the public domain. U.S. District Judge George King approved the agreement Monday. It ends the ownership ...

(NEW YORK) — Some “newly discovered evidence” may be just the silver bullet that could put the classic song “Happy Birthday to You” in the public domain. The decades-old song that nearly everyone in ...

A judge grants summary judgment to a filmmaker challenging Warner/Chappell's copyright to a song more than a century old. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The world’s most popular ...

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The song "Happy Birthday To You" can be used by anyone in any way without having to pay licensing fees, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Rupa Marya, one of four plaintiffs in ...