Warner/Chappell Music doesn't mind if you sing Happy Birthday on TV or film. Just pay them money first.
The only way any company could have been luckier in establishing a toll booth in the commons is if they could have somehow patented, trademarked or copyrighted the letter 'E'. A group of everyone who is sick and tired of having to write knockoff birthday ditties and to pretend that people actually sing these things have sued to get the song declared in the public domain, and to have Warner/Chappell pay back the royalties they collected. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/happy-birthday-all-filmmaker-aims-568355 Warner/Chappell has just recently filed motions to have this case dismissed in as many ways as possible. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/warner-music-aims-keep-happy-619757 -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com Twitter: @westwit G+: http://plus.google.com/113413697748381364954 Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wesleymcgee -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
