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In the case of the Happy Birthday song, falsely claiming rights over public domain content was expensive for the putative rights-holders.[1] [1] https://www.re

• crazypyro 5y ago
  Doesn't seem that expensive when the article also mentions they were making $2 million per year in royalties.
• boomboomsubban 5y ago
  It says they took in over $2 million a year, so the false claim still likely made them millions over the decades.