Co-founded by "Happy Birthday" author Patty Hill, the Association for Childhood Education says it may be the real owner of the English language's most popular song. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor ...

A federal judge in California on Tuesday invalidated the copyright on the “Happy Birthday to You” song, meaning producers would no longer have to pay licensing fees to feature the popular song in ...

Music publisher Warner/Chappell will pay $14 million in a settlement that batted the royalties to ubiquitous tune “Happy Birthday to You” out of its hands, making it free for anyone to use. A court ...

A judge grants summary judgment to a filmmaker challenging Warner/Chappell's copyright to a song more than a century old. By Eriq Gardner Former Legal Editor-at-Large The world’s most popular ...