Well, that's like saying that you have copyrights over the word "hello"...
But I don't get how are they related to the writers who wrote the song 114 years ago?
tl;dr: Publisher of "Good Morning to All" ("Good Morning to You") hired person to make piano arrangement of "Happy Birthday" in 1935. That publisher was eventually bought by Warner/Chappell. Thus claim.
It was a lucky deal, who would've known that it would continue to bring them all this money till now..
Thanks for the tl;dr! I was actually going to read later and probably still going to :v
You really should. It's a bit more complicated than the way I put it. The way I read it, they continue to hold copyright over the specific piano arrangements and a second verse to the song that nobody uses.
OMG, you can imagine a world without the happy birthday song? I can and i would be happy :D
Thank you for the train :D
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Thanks!
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Thanks
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Well, that's like saying that you have copyrights over the word "hello"...
But I don't get how are they related to the writers who wrote the song 114 years ago?
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Wikipedia does a good job of explaining how Warner/Chappell came to claim ownership.
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I was hoping you'd briefly explain because I was too lazy to search and read :v
I'll read it when I'm less lazy, thanks.
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tl;dr: Publisher of "Good Morning to All" ("Good Morning to You") hired person to make piano arrangement of "Happy Birthday" in 1935. That publisher was eventually bought by Warner/Chappell. Thus claim.
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It was a lucky deal, who would've known that it would continue to bring them all this money till now..
Thanks for the tl;dr!
I was actually going to read later and probably still going to :v
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You really should. It's a bit more complicated than the way I put it. The way I read it, they continue to hold copyright over the specific piano arrangements and a second verse to the song that nobody uses.
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Greedy rich businessmen....
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