Happy Birthday

No one can sing Happy Birthday in public without paying royalties to Warner/Chappell Music, who owns the copyright to the song, over a century after it was composed. But a lawsuit now claims that Happy Birthday should not be under copyright, and they seem to have a strong case.

(Via Instapundit.)

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