TIL the generic but world famous 'Happy Birthday to You' song was actually copyrighted until 2016
TIL the generic but world famous 'Happy Birthday to You' song was actually copyrighted until 2016
marketrealist.com Happily, “Happy Birthday to You” Is in the Public Domain Now
Who owns the rights to “Happy Birthday to You”? The celebratory song was at the center of a landmark copyright lawsuit in the 2010s.
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There was a long running TV Trope caused by shows not wanting to license happy birthday.
Scene starts
🎶 tooo yooouuu! 🎶
I never would have thought this is a legit way of circumventing copyright. Holy shit.
30 Rock did it the other way around while also poking fun at the trope itself
Crazy ! I didn’t know that
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