{"id":37811,"date":"2013-06-14T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T14:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/14\/putting-happy-birthday-to-you-into-the-public-domain.html"},"modified":"2013-06-30T17:55:55","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T23:55:55","slug":"putting-happy-birthday-to-you-into-the-public-domain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/14\/putting-happy-birthday-to-you-into-the-public-domain.html","title":{"rendered":"Putting &quot;Happy Birthday to You&quot; into the public domain"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gpb-content\">Most people don&#39;t know it isn&#39;t, but &quot;Happy Birthday to You&quot; it&#39;s currently owned and licensed out by a branch of Warner Bros., which earns a few million dollars a year from groups, film makers, etc., who want to do public performances of it. \u00a0(That&#39;s one reason why restaurant chains tend to make up their own birthday tunes.)<\/div>\n<p class='gpb-article' style='clear:both;'>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n                                                    <img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/zx3L1OU_q4bB__coa_uDUaHHZmaSpHCnpE4FhmwzZnFCzW7YyuDLD5zYz61e3U6deUzZTPAzHm4UdRrG7CW3XydnMxOaiXwXcfjBSmFieLHqEPbSw_pZumDAE-czbBElkMjmd0zhpDThSSdcaSM=w125-h125' border='0' \/>\n                                                <\/div>\n<p>                                                <a href='http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/06\/14\/nyregion\/lawsuit-aims-to-strip-happy-birthday-to-you-of-its-copyright.html?nl=todaysheadlines&#038;emc=edit_th_20130614&#038;_r=0'>Birthday Song\u2019s Copyright Leads to a Lawsuit for the Ages &#8211; 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