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

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

 


 
 

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