New Kids On The Block, “Happy Birthday” NKOTB’s birthday ballad sounds like the slow dance song at an ’80s prom, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Happy Birthday generates an estimated $2 million a year in licensing fees, part of which goes to a children's education organization designated by the Hill family.

LOS ANGELES -- A judge has approved a settlement that will put " Happy Birthday to You" in the public domain. U.S. District Judge George King approved the agreement Monday. It ends the ownership ...

For generations, "Happy Birthday" — a tune sung to almost every American every single year of his or her life — has made millions of dollars for its aggressive copyright owners.

In a gift to many musicians, movie-makers and other content-creators, a federal judge has found that the song "Happy Birthday To You" is entirely in the public domain.

None of the companies that have collected royalties on the "Happy Birthday" song for the past 80 years held a valid copyright claim to one of the most popular songs in history, a federal judge in ...