A lawsuit brought to Warner Music requests that the million dollars that has been collected through "licensing rights illegal" returned.
"Happy Birthday to You" is a song known all over the world that you can hear millions of times every day. However, make use of a single song part involves a cost of up to $ 1,500 copyrigth.
An amount that has been demand by filmmaker Jennifer Nelson claiming that the original piece, which is an adaptation of a tune from the 19th century, is in the public domain.
As reported by The Verge, Nelson has found a declaration of the full composition copy that confirms that the song dates back to 1893, and which author's rights on any part of the song they expired in 1921.
After having signed a license agreement with the subsidiary of Warner Music Group which owns the copyright, Warner Chapelle, Nelson has filed a lawsuit in a New York Court with the objective that will override the claim of copyright of the producer.
"This statement shows that if Warner Music has any right on ' Happy Birhday to You' is limited to a very small to reproduce and distribute part piano arrangements specific to the song posted in 1935", explained Nelson.
The demand brought by the filmmaker has that the piece is in the public domain and ask Warner Music return the millions of dollars collected through "licensing rights illegal".
In our country, in the field of copyright, the past December 7 approved the Decree which put an end to the system of the canon digital and replaced it by a new compensation in charge of the General State budget which must be received by the holders of intellectual property rights for the private copying of their works.
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