Re: Quoting Song Lyrics in Fiction (Australian Law)?

On Mon, 1 Mar 1999, Vance R. Koven <vrkoven[_at_]world.std.com> wrote:
>
> On 2/26/99, Terry Carroll <carroll[_at_]tjc.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've heard similar anecdotes regarding "Happy Birthday to You,"
> > whose melody (as distinguished from the lyrics or the combination of
> > melody+lyrics) I contend is in the public domain. The melody is the
> > same melody as the very clearly public domain "Good Morning to You."
>
> I guess Igor Stravinsky thought the same thing, but he still had to pay
> for the right to use the melody in one of his own pieces.

1. In what year?
2. Did the copyright owner prevail in court, or did the composer merely backdown to avoid litigation?

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