The most common song you can't sing in public

For now, people who want to use Happy Birthday To You in a movie, television episode, advertisement, or other public performance must pay Warner/Chappell a fee. The company rakes in about $2m per year from these fees, according to an estimate by George Washington University Professor Robert Brauneis, who is now working as a consultant to the plaintiffs in the case.

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