sean99
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35057667
I find it hard to imagine why any song composed in 1893 remains copyright to this day.
A legal dispute over copyright fees for the song Happy Birthday To You has been settled out of court.
Warner/Chappell is thought to have made $2m (£1.3m) a year by charging every time the song was used in a film, television episode, advertisement or other public performance.
It acquired the copyright in 1988 but a judge ruled it was only granted for specific arrangements of the music, not the song itself.
The tune was composed by two Kentucky sisters in 1893.
I find it hard to imagine why any song composed in 1893 remains copyright to this day.