Posts Tagged ‘public domain’
Happy Birthday to You: Megahit Song May Enter Public Domain
Celebrating a birthday and singing “Happy Birthday to You” go together like, well, cake and ice cream – or, perhaps more accurately, copyright and money. This quintessential song of celebration receives somewhere around $2 million per year in usage fees, making it one of the most lucrative pieces of music ever written. Alas, all good…
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