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They had to fork over a licensing fee, usually $1,500. those licensing fees earn warner cha pel an estimated $2 million a year. they'd been enforcing a copyright just since 1988 when it bought the original copyright from a company that bought it back in 1985. yesterday, a federal court determined the original copyright only covered specific piano arrangements, not the specific song itself. it comes by way a lawsuit filed in 2013 by film maker jennifer nelson who paid for the rights to use the song in a documentary and sued to get her money back. to help explain how "happy birthday to you" was ...