Judge blows out copyright on Happy Birthday song
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — In a ruling that could upend an 80-year licensing campaign for the song “Happy Birthday,” a federal judge in Los Angeles has concluded that Warner/Chappell Music Inc. doesn’t own a valid…
Judge turns up heat on Disney in ‘Frozen’ suit
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — “Let it go.” That was the push lawyers for The Walt Disney Co. made on Thursday in a copyright infringement suit over a trailer for the animated hit “Frozen.” But U.S….
