Jay 37,323 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6706919/happy-birthday-song-public-domain-warner-chappelIt's about time crumbs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightscape94 965 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 And it seems like it's due to a technicality, that the copyright is for certain arrangements of the song, not the song itself, which is actually over 100 years old. The people who applied and were granted the copyright in the 30s didn't even write the thing, and even by that time the song had existed for 40 years.Copyright laws can be completely bonkers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Copyright laws can be completely bonkers.My family owns the copyright on the word bonkers©You will be contacted through our lawyer.... Gnome in Plaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 So the © is for "Cosman"? Gnome in Plaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incanus 5,713 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Actually my family owns that copyright symbol. You'll be hearing from my lawyers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,480 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 In Québec we sing a personalized version of "Gens du pays" written by Gilles Vigneault in 1975. Our national poet will have 87 years old in october.Gens du pays c'est votre tourDe vous laisser parler d'amour...--> <Mon cher | Ma chère> <Nom> c'est à ton tour--> De te laisser parler d'amour.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,272 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 Btw, just to note the headline is a little misleading as the article says this isn't quite over, this was a summary judgment and it doesn't seem like the song is freely in the public domain just yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted September 23, 2015 Share Posted September 23, 2015 So, does that mean we'll soon get the complete Happy Birthday recordings or not? If so, yay! Thatt's one of my holy grails. Gnome in Plaid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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