Birthdays are complicated — some people love them, others try to ignore ’em completely. If there’s one thing we can all agree on, it’s that there’s no shortage of great birthday songs out there. There ...

Since 1988, Warner/Chappell has had an iron grip on the copyright for "Happy Birthday to You." Artists couldn't sing it on a recording without paying up, even though it's virtually ubiquitous in real ...

In a stunning reversal of decades of copyright claims, a Los Angeles judge ruled that none of the companies that have collected royalties on the “Happy Birthday” song for thelast 80 years held a valid ...

For generations, “Happy Birthday” — a tune sung to almost every American every single year of his or her life — has made millions of dollars for its aggressive copyright owners. Although the song that ...

Every 5-year-old knows it. It is the most frequently sung song in the English language, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, surpassing the works of Bach, Beethoven and the Beatles, says ...

LOS ANGELES-- A judge has approved a settlement that will put "Happy Birthday to You" in the public domain. U.S. District Judge George King approved the agreement Monday. It ends the ownership claims ...

The birthday song — Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, etc. — is still under copyright protection. If you want to sing the song on TV, or in a restaurant, or whatever, you have to pay a ...