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Everybody the song "Happy Birthday To You". It is the most popular and most often song in the English language. It is also now part of a legal case. A New York film company Good Morning To You (GMTY) Productions has a lawsuit that says the song in the public domain. This anyone can use it because there is no copyright on it. However, the record label Warner Music says it the copyright to the tune. GMTY is a documentary about the history of the song and had to Warner Music $1,500 to it. If it didn't , it could have got a penalty of $150,000. The boss of GMTY was angry about this fee and the case to a court in New York.

The melody of "Happy Birthday To You" from the song, "Good Morning to All". This was in 1893 by two sisters from Kentucky, USA. They it because they thought it would be easy for young children to . The words to "Happy Birthday To You" were to the tune around a decade later. One of the most famous performances of the song was when Marilyn Monroe , "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" in a sexy voice to John F. Kennedy in 1962. GMTY says any copyright on the song out almost 100 years ago. The company Warner Music to the millions of dollars it has for the song. Warner Music has so far stayed quiet and has not commented on the court case.

 


 
 

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