'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules

Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by cardamomo on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @09:07PM (#10262780)

Phew! Now I can start singing "Happy Birthday" to my friends and family instead of Stravinsky's "Greeting Prelude!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJAEepA0nPk

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by ataylor32 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @10:19PM (#10262997)

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by mninm on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @10:32PM (#10263033)

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by anon4 on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @05:48AM (#10264126)

What's wrong with "For he's a jolly good fellow"?

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by kuschku on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @07:16AM (#10264342)

People all over the world can sing "Happy Birthday", but you’ll get just weird looks from most for "For he's a jolly good fellow"?

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by FroshKiller on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @07:31AM (#10264385)

That's pretty Amerocentric of you.

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by kuschku on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @07:55AM (#10264461)

Eh, I'm German – and saying, people here will sing "Happy Birthday" with english lyrics, but not "For he's a jolly good fellow".

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by FroshKiller on Thursday September 24, 2015 @07:36AM (#10271025)

That's really strange to me! Do the Germans not have some analogue of "Happy Birthday"?

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by kuschku on Friday September 25, 2015 @01:37PM (#10279503)

Yes, we do have some analogues, but I don't think they're used anymore that much.

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by gtk40 on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @08:38AM (#10264624)

Well, the lyrics were what was being questioned, not the music...

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Re:'Happy Birthday' song copyright is not valid, judge rules by pervycreeper on Wednesday September 23, 2015 @06:49AM (#10264275)

The latter is definitely under copyright though.

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