Bitter Battle of the Happy Birthday Millions ; Legal Tussle Over Lost Royalties From the Best-Loved Song This Woman Wrote 112 Years Ago
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NO BIRTHDAY is complete without family and friends happily warbling the words 'Happy birthday to you'. But now the song synonymous with joy and celebration is at the centre of a bitter multimillion pound legal battle.
An American children's education group is suing the estate of one of the sisters who composed the simple ditty, claiming it has been swindled out of its share of the Pounds 1million-a-year royalties from the song.See the full content of this document
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Bitter Battle of the Happy Birthday Millions ; Legal Tussle Over Lost Royalties From the Best-Loved Song This Woman Wrote 112 Years Ago
And it is claiming back the millions of pounds it says it is owed from the Hill Foundation, set up by Patty Hill in 1935 to look after the income from the tune she com...
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