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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...

The Court found Warner/Chappell’s chain of title defective because its predecessor-in-interest Summy Co. never actually obtained title in the lyrics. Warner/Chappell pointed to evidence of a written ...

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 ...

One of the most popular songs in history could soon be entering the public domain after a federal judge in Los Angeles ruled Tuesday that the longstanding copyright on “Happy Birthday to You” was ...

None of the companies that have collected royalties on the “Happy Birthday” song for the past 80 years held a valid copyright claim to one of the most popular songs in history, a federal judge in Los ...

Tuesday's ruling by a federal judge that the copyright of the "Happy Birthday" song applies only to specific piano arrangements, not the actual song itself, means the song is now public domain. And ...