‘Happy Birthday’ was composed by two American sisters, Patty and Mildred J Hill, who wrote the melody in 1893. Patty was a school teacher and Mildred was a pianist and composer. The melody was ...

According to the opinion on Tuesday from U.S. District Judge George H. King, “Because Summy Co. never acquired the rights to the Happy Birthday lyrics, Defendants, as Summy Co.’s purported ...

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 ...

Lawyers argue "Happy Birthday" should be public domain 01:12. Warner/Chappell has said it didn't try to collect royalties from just anyone singing the song but those who use it in a commercial ...

The Summy Co., which published Song Stories for Children, won a copyright in the 1930s for the Happy Birthday lyrics put to Mildred's melody, but Brauneis said it was only for arrangements written ...

On Sept. 22, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge George H. King ruled that the copyright to the lyrics of the popular song “Happy Birthday to You” is no longer valid.

None of the companies that have collected royalties on the "Happy Birthday" song for the past 80 years held a valid ... A 1922 copy of “The Everyday Song Book,” containing lyrics to “Happy ...

Billboard's best birthday songs of all time. Okay, “22” only fully works as a birthday song when the listener is actually turning 22 — but its impact on the demographic is so vast, it’s ...

For generations, "Happy Birthday" — a tune sung to almost every American every single year of his or her life — has made millions of dollars for its aggressive copyright owners.