“Happy Birthday to You,” the song that has graced billions of birthday celebrations in the last 120 years, is not free for the public to use. Movies and TV shows, for example, must pay royalties if ...

LOS ANGELES – A settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over whether "Happy Birthday to You" — one of the best-known and beloved songs in the world — is owned by a music publisher who earned millions ...

The ‘Happy Birthday’ song, which people have used to celebrate for over 100 years, is getting a remodel thanks to TikTok. During May, Danyell Randall (@yellz_lesspartywithyellz) celebrated her ...

In the United States, “Happy Birthday to You”—one of the most popular songs in the world—is still under copyright. And it will be until 2030. While you’re free to sing the song in private, you need to ...

Happy birthday to you! Everyone knows the traditional birthday song. But did you know that there are countless other songs about birthdays that are reflective and fun for celebrating your big day?

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Now you can sing "Happy Birthday" in public and not have to pay a licensing fee. A Los Angeles federal judge approved a settlement agreement on Monday, ending the ...

%27Happy Birthday to You%27 is roughly 120 years old Guinness World Records calls the song the most famous in the English language Warner/Chappell Music Inc. claims exclusive copyright NEW YORK (AP) — ...

On Tuesday a judge ruled that “Happy Birthday”—y’know, the song—is now in the public domain. U.S. District Court Judge George F. King declared that there was no evidence that the sisters who wrote the ...

The two-year-old “Happy Birthday to You” class-action suit that challenged the validity of the song’s stringent, decades-long artistic copyright finally received a ruling Tuesday: The six-note ditty ...