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An Old Songbook Could Put ‘Happy Birthday’ in the Public Domain

A ruling is near in a lawsuit that claims the copyright on the much-sung song is not valid. That would be an unhappy day for Warner Music Group, which could lose millions in licensing fees. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Copyrights and Copyright Violations

Topics: licensing, millions, could, which, Group, Music, Warner, unhappy, would, valid, much-sung, copyright, claims, lawsuit, ruling, Domain, Public, Birthday’, ‘Happy, Could, Songbook

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