August 2011
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Copyright is valuable – ‘The Birthday Song’ earns...
Blog post submitted by : Vanessa Kaster, Esq
http://iplegalfreebies.wordpress.com/
Would you have guessed that the song, ‘Happy Birthday to You’ generates an estimated $2 million dollars a year in royalties? (and has earned this much annually since 1996.) It’s only eight measures long, spans an octave and was written for children …but it’s a BIG money maker.
The song has appeared in over...