The copyright was for a specific piano arrangement, not the tune and lyric.
You’re free to start singing Happy Birthday, royalty free, again.
ht. FDR in Hell
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Maybe I am old school, but simply the pride that my little ditty became such a hit, I wouldn’t be lawyering up and shaking down the parents of a joyous five year-old for compensation.
I hate people.
Michael Jackson owned that tune, as well as all the Beatles tunes. But now he’s dead. MBWAAAHHAHAHAHAAAAAH!
I think the really big royalty dough is in the “How Old Are You Now…” copyright litigation.
I hereby copyright the following blog post:
obama sucks
Take that. Now you all owe ME.