Tag: Music
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“Happy Birthday” Song Was Copyrighted and Generated $2M a Year
We bet you sang “Happy Birthday to You” more than once in your life. And, until 2015, you probably did that illegally, without paying a $700 royalty for a single public use of this song.
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