Reason why "Happy Birthday to you" is not singing so much in American movies and TV dramas

ByWoodleywonderworks

In the scenes of American movies and TV dramas, there are frequent scenes of parties, so if it's a birthday partyHappy Birthday to youAlthough there is also a scene to sing such as a scene to sing for some reason why such scenes do not know much if it is told, it is very few, why is it?

The reason is from the following.
Ever wonder why no one sings the real "Happy Birthday" song on television? - Your Mind Blown

Happy Birthday to You - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The reason is easy, because the lyrics of "Happy Birthday to you" have copyright.

Originally the song part of this song was based on the song "Good Morning to All" made by Patty Hill and ildred J. Hill's sister in 1893 and the lyrics of the present "Happy Birthday to You" Songs and were published in 1912. There was no copyright notation at this stage.

The copyright was officially registered in 1935, according to "The Summy Company" and was credited under the names of "Preston Ware Orem" and "Mrs. R. R. Forman". Therefore, it means that there is copyright in "lyrics" instead of songs.

In 1990, American Warner (strictly speakingWarner / Chappell Music, Inc.) Bought this company for $ 15 million (about 1,219 million yen), and estimates that the value of "Happy Birthday to You" is 5 million dollars (about 400 million yen) at that time. Warner claims that the copyright of "Happy Birthday to You" is valid until 2030, and in the actual example as of February 2010, the use fee of this lyric is said to be 700 dollars (about 56,000 yen) .

Another example is Walt Disney's theme park in Florida "EpcotAttraction in "Horizons"When you use the lyrics of" Happy Birthday to You "you will pay $ 5000 (about 400,000 yen), in another case you use $ 10,000 (about 810,000 yen Yen) from Warner.

In this way Warner adds "Happy Birthday to You" usage fee$ 2 million annually (about 160 million yen)As a result, I try not to use "Happy Birthday to You" as much as possible in American movies and TV dramas. Even when celebrating the customer's birthday which is common in a restaurant restaurant, the usage fee is charged, so it is exactly the case that singing songs other than this song or singing the original song in America This is the reason. Even if used, only a small part is devised so as to be as cheap as possible, there are almost no cases where all the lyrics of "Happy Birthday to You" are used, and all the lyrics are in the movie What was used was recently a movie "Batman BeginsIt seems to be only the case used in. By the way, this movie was from Warner, so it was possible.

What is worrisome is the copyright in Japan, but in Japan the copyright has disappeared on May 22, 2007, the copyright continued until 31 December 2016 in EU member countries, in Europe It is.

For more detailed chronology of this subject, the following pages are detailed.

Log.ittousai.org: Happy Birthday to You, Professor Lessig.

By the way, this is "Happy Birthday to you" lyrics.

Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday to you,
Happy birthday, dear [name of celebrating person],
Happy birthday to you.

Strictly speaking, I'm only making a call with "Happy Birthday to You", but copyright is granted. Although copyright is not applied by just writing in one phrase like "Happy birthday to you", because copyright is considered to be written by writing it consecutively, considerably extreme cases among copyright related problems In many cases it is often taken up and you can convince the following assertions as well.

"Happy Birthday" can not sing anymore - Tomohiro Machiyama living in the Bay Area American diary

But, please, look at this lyrics. I'm just saying Happy Birthday.

Because lyrics are not a problem but songs, when you cast "Happy Birthday" several times in movies, records, cartoons and books it will be in violation of copyright.

Originally thought that the copyright was made to protect the rights and interests of weak expressers

Currently we are using weak expressers to repress large capital.

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Judgment that copyright of "Happy Birthday to you" does not belong to Warner falls - GIGAZINE