Finally I'm free to belt out the "Happy Birthday" song wherever and whenever I like, without the fear of hordes of lawsuit waving lawyers descending upon me like some kind of Biblical plague.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-12-10/happy-birthday-copyright-lifted-following-settlement/7016092
A settlement has been reached in a US lawsuit with Warner/Chappell Music over the copyright to Happy Birthday to You, that will put one of the world's most recognisable songs in the public domain, according to court papers and a source close to the case.
