>> A New York-based production company has filed a lawsuit against Warner Music Group over its ownership rights on the song “Happy Birthday”. Good Morning to You, which is filming a docu on the song’s origins, claims Warner is “unlawfully” claiming the copyright. It demanded the song be made freely available to the public and Warner return the licensing fees it has received so far. Warner gets $2 million in royalties every year.
>> India’s state-owned telecom company Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited is discontinuing its 160- year-old telegram service because of falling business. The service, the last large-scale telegram service operating in the world, will cease on July 15, 2013.