The song is popular at parties, among schoolchildren, even in (usually embarrassing) restaurant birthday scenes. But because of copyright laws, it could not be sung on film or television. Until ...

Remember a while back when we filled you in on the copyright battle over the Happy Birthday song? Well, good news! The ruling on the case that challenged the copyright held on the iconic birthday ...

The “Happy Birthday” song is finally free to use after a landmark court ruling in the US that concluded it should be “dedicated to public use and in the public domain”. It comes after 80 years of film ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For a song as iconic as "Happy Birthday," the rights issues behind its usage in films have been ...

The Guinness Book of World Records calls "Happy Birthday to You" the most recognized song in the English language. But you'll rarely ever hear it on TV or in a movie. Instead, you usually hear ...

The two-year-old “Happy Birthday to You” class-action suit that challenged the validity of the song’s stringent, decades-long artistic copyright finally received a ruling Tuesday: The six-note ditty ...