TIL Wendy Williams had to pay Warner Music $700 in royalties in order to sing 'Happy Birthday' to someone on her TV show. Warner bought the song in 1990 for $15 million and claims all public performances of the song are illegal unless royalties are paid to them.

http://susielindau.com/2012/11/12/singing-happy-birthday-is-risky-business-10000-worth/



Submitted December 31, 2014 at 07:42PM by Tsukamori http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2qx4f1/til_wendy_williams_had_to_pay_warner_music_700_in/