I would humbly siggest that the situation might not be quite as clear cut as "Magic Dragon suggests.
The Summy Company registered the song for copyright in 1935, crediting as authors Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman. In 1990, Warner Chappell purchased the company owning the copyright for US$15 million, with the value of "Happy Birthday" estimated at US$5 million. Based on the 1935 copyright registration, Warner claims that US copyright won't expire until 2030, and that unauthorized public performances of the song are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to it.
The actual copyright status of "Happy Birthday to You" began to draw more attention with the passage of the Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998. When the Supreme Court upheld the Act in Eldred v. Ashcroft in 2003, Judge Breyer specifically mentioned "Happy Birthday to You" in his dissenting opinion. Professor Robert Brauneis went so far as to conclude "it is doubtful that 'Happy Birthday to You,' the famous offspring of 'Good Morning to All,' is really still under copyright. In the meantime however it is my understanding that organizations such as the BBC do in fact continue to pay the royalty on each broadcast.
The tune was written by Mildred Hill in 1893. Copyright for music expires after 70 years (1983). The author of the lyrics is unknown. Hence: no more copyright!
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serdal, what you described is known as "copyright infringement"!
I would humbly siggest that the situation might not be quite as clear cut as "Magic Dragon suggests.
The Summy Company registered the song for copyright in 1935, crediting as authors Preston Ware Orem and Mrs. R.R. Forman. In 1990, Warner Chappell purchased the company owning the copyright for US$15 million, with the value of "Happy Birthday" estimated at US$5 million. Based on the 1935 copyright registration, Warner claims that US copyright won't expire until 2030, and that unauthorized public performances of the song are technically illegal unless royalties are paid to it.
The actual copyright status of "Happy Birthday to You" began to draw more attention with the passage of the Copyright Term Extension Act in 1998. When the Supreme Court upheld the Act in Eldred v. Ashcroft in 2003, Judge Breyer specifically mentioned "Happy Birthday to You" in his dissenting opinion. Professor Robert Brauneis went so far as to conclude "it is doubtful that 'Happy Birthday to You,' the famous offspring of 'Good Morning to All,' is really still under copyright. In the meantime however it is my understanding that organizations such as the BBC do in fact continue to pay the royalty on each broadcast.
The tune was written by Mildred Hill in 1893. Copyright for music expires after 70 years (1983). The author of the lyrics is unknown. Hence: no more copyright!
Yea thats why they have the remixed version of it at Applebeez and in Indian movies and in Egyption songs hahahaha :P
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