The world's most popular English language song is potentially free from copyright after a federal judge ruled on Tuesday that filmmakers challenging Warner/Chappell Music's hold on "Happy Birthday ...

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 ...

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.

LOS ANGELES-- 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 ...

Billboard's best birthday songs of all time.Stevie Wonder’s “Happy Birthday” is the kind of funky track that could (and should) replace the traditional birthday tune. The track with an ...

‘Happy Birthday’ is one of the best-known tunes in the world, but not many people know there are two more verses to it.

Supposedly, the children in Patty’s school so enjoyed the song that they began singing it spontaneously and changing the lyrics to suit their needs, and a birthday version naturally followed.

In 2016, the music company settled for $14 million and the court declared “Happy Birthday” was in the public domain. (The music and lyrics are also in the public domain today in the U.K.) ...

While the song carried the original title, someone altered the lyrics in the second stanza to “Happy Birthday to You,” the Hall of Fame wrote.