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Everybody knows the song "Happy Birthday To You". It is the most and most often sung song in the English language. It is also now of a legal case. A New York film called Good Morning To You (GMTY) Productions has opened a that says the song belongs in the public . This means can use it because there is no on it. However, the record Warner Music says it owns the copyright to the tune. GMTY is making a documentary about the of the song and had to pay Warner Music $1,500 to use it. If it didn't pay, it could have got a penalty of $150,000. The boss of GMTY was about this fee and took the case to a court in New York.

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

 


 
 

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