Happy Birthday

[Twitch9]

I just heard a very interesting tidbit, the song Happy birthday is the most costly song to put in a movie, every time your hear this song in a flick it will cost them $20,000 to Warner Music, making it the highest song for royalties in a movie or TV show.

[jw]

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp

[xtop]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp

Claim: The song "Happy Birthday to You" is protected by copyright.

Status: True.

you weren't trying to prove him wrong were you?

[sfmarine]

Ever see those crazy Red Lobster/Olive Garden people humiliate a patron by singing some crazy adaptation for their birthday? Ya...it's copyrighted. So they make up their own. Obviously, the smaller companies and family-owned restaurants can get away with it. I always feel sorry for the people who got singled out @ restaurants.

[JimShaw]

Originally Posted by DVDave

What a crime. This should be public domain.

You would not think it should be if you had written it.



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[Aaron]

Originally Posted by JimShaw

You would not think it should be if you had written it.



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That song has been around for like a hundred years. Why don't we pay royalties to Beethoven's family?

[JimShaw]

Originally Posted by Aaron

That song has been around for like a hundred years. Why don't we pay royalties to Beethoven's family?

Maybe Beethoven did not copyright his works.