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Originally Posted by HarryT
The copyright of the song in the US is disputed, but the company which claims to hold the copyright (a company called "Warner/Chappell Music") only requires payment for commercial use of it - eg in films or TV programmes. They make something like $2m a year in licensing fees from it in this way.
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This doesn't make the use of the song any less illegal, it just means that Warner/Chappell Music doesn't prosecute non-commercial usage.
In order to not be illegal, Warner/Chappell Music would have to put the song into the public domain for non-commercial usage. I don't think that's possible.