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by est31 2017 days ago
> in the US there are no such protections against copyright and therefore Time Warner thinks they own it.

I don't think even they think that anymore:

> On June 28, 2016, the final settlement was officially granted and the court declared that the song was in the public domain

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy_Birthday_to_You#Copyrigh...