When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. For a song as iconic as "Happy Birthday," the rights issues behind its usage in films have been ...

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The “Happy Birthday” song is finally free to use after a landmark court ruling in the US that concluded it should be “dedicated to public use and in the public domain”. It comes after 80 years of film ...