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I can only imagine the kids asking, "why don't old TV shows have the happy birthday song in there?" I'm wondering what other songs might come into TV and other
by cbanek 8y ago
I can only imagine the kids asking, "why don't old TV shows have the happy birthday song in there?" I'm wondering what other songs might come into TV and other popular media now that they are public domain.
Note: Both the music and lyrics are in public domain in both the European Union and United States. The copyright expired in the European Union on January 1, 2017. In the United States, a federal court ruled in 2016 that Warner/Chappell's copyright claim was invalid and there was no other claim to copyright.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You
- xemdetia 8y agoWell the issue is more that it's been such a asterisk on a song it'd be more kids never hearing 'Happy Birthday to You' in the first place. 'Happy Birthday' and sharing blowing out the candles may be the most common non-direct experience provided by media for a group of people who wouldn't pass on the song as tradition, and so on and so on.
- bo1024 8y ago> I can only imagine the kids asking, "why don't old TV shows have the happy birthday song in there?" There must be some response here about the likelihood of kids getting the chance to watch old TV shows, given the current state of copyright law....
- ddingus 8y agoSadly, that may be a valid use case for piracy. Then again, Dinosaur Media Limited probably will be streaming...
- flukus 8y ago> There must be some response here about the likelihood of kids getting the chance to watch old TV shows, given the current state of copyright law I'm starting to think this might be one of the drivers of current copyright laws, the biggest competitor for media companies is gradually becoming there own back catalogs. When you've got 50 years of classics to watch or rewatch you're less willing to spend money on new content.