Happy Birthday was Stolen From Us | PirateTimes
Happy Birthday was Stolen From Us June 16, 2013 · by Andrew Reitemeyer · in Pirate Topic According to Boingboing.net a film production company “Good Morning To You Productions Corp” is suing Warner/Chappell Music for charging copyright on the most sung song in the world – “Happy Birthday to You”. Based on work by Robert Brauneis showing that the song has most probably been in the public domain for decades and that the fees have been improperly collected, the action is going to be one of the most interesting cases in recent history. Typical of the tactics used by the copyright industry, Warner/Chappell demanded a fee of $1,500 from the company with the …