Singing "Happy Birthday" is finally legal

[BarbaraC]

Not everyone may be aware that a company has, for years, claimed the rights to the "Happy Birthday" song and has been collecting a huge amount of royalties on it.

Read this and grin: http://www.theguardian.com/business/201 ... CMP=twt_gu

Barbara

[tdew]

Thank goodness! Maybe now the birthdays celebrated in restaurants will sound better.

[seektheburd]

I read that article too with delight earlier this week.