{"id":2529,"date":"2016-08-10T18:48:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T16:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inscripta.fr\/happy-birthday-dans-le-domaine-public\/"},"modified":"2020-04-12T17:50:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-12T15:50:36","slug":"happy-birthday-in-the-public-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inscripta.fr\/en\/copyright\/happy-birthday-in-the-public-domain\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday in the public domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a title=\"Can we sing Happy Birthday?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.inscripta.fr\/en\/toutes\/happy-birthday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Last year<\/a>, we commented decision by US District Judge George H. King according to which Warner\/Chappell Music Inc. could not claim copyright ownership over the lyrics from the famous song<em> Happy Birthday<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Technically, it did not mean that the lyrics were in the public domain. It only meant that Warner\/Chappell did not own a valid copyright in them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a consequence, Warner\/Chappell was being sued for unduly enforcing their copyright in the lyrics, i.e. for unduly collecting royalties, for several years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last June, Judge King approved a settlement according to which Warner\/Chappell is to pay back $14 million to those who have paid licensing fees to use the song during the previous five decades.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a way, <em>Happy Birthday<\/em> is now officially in the public domain but it does not mean it is free for everyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\">\u00a9 [INSCRIPTA]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, we commented decision by US District Judge George H. 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