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I think you might be right about that. I vaguely remember that weird difference being part of the way Hallmark has managed to hold the copyright to Happy Birthd

I think you might be right about that. I vaguely remember that weird difference being part of the way Hallmark has managed to hold the copyright to Happy Birthday. If I remember correctly, the lyrics were way out of copyright, but the piano arrangement that was written in the 30s or 40s and is now in common use now was copyrightable. Bleh.

hipsters_unite 13y ago
@alex_c is right: the recorded iteration of the song is one licence, and the music and lyrics (covered by the publishing licence) is another. If Rap Genius haven't licensed the music and lyrics, then it's no different legally to filesharing mp3s.