Civil lawsuits are possible, even a class action. And guess who's been paying them all these years? OTHER huge entertainment conglomerates! They all have plenty of lawyers on the payroll. There may be an out-of-court settlement, but either way Warner-CHappell is toast.
Yeah, wrong. The music was published in 1896 so is without any doubt in the public domain. The Happy Birthday lyrics were the basis of the 1935 copyright claim, as it turns out, disingenuously.
A class action suit is in order, and the plaintiffs would be huge corporations like NBC/Comcast/Universal, CBS, Paramount, Sony, etc. I think they all have their own on-staff attorneys to squeeze some cash from Warner/Chappell.
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Well, we know Mark Twain is in the Public Domain ;-)
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Civil lawsuits are possible, even a class action. And guess who's been paying them all these years? OTHER huge entertainment conglomerates! They all have plenty of lawyers on the payroll. There may be an out-of-court settlement, but either way Warner-CHappell is toast.
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Thank you Senator Palpatine.
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Yeah, wrong. The music was published in 1896 so is without any doubt in the public domain. The Happy Birthday lyrics were the basis of the 1935 copyright claim, as it turns out, disingenuously.
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A class action suit is in order, and the plaintiffs would be huge corporations like NBC/Comcast/Universal, CBS, Paramount, Sony, etc. I think they all have their own on-staff attorneys to squeeze some cash from Warner/Chappell.