Baby Shark in the Public Domain

Please see below quotes from legal parties about the Baby Shark song...
 


''Baby Shark is as old as fairy tales.
It is as old as the spoken tradition.''
- JOHNNY ONLY

"Baby Shark is based on a traditional singalong
chant which has passed to public domain."
- SMART STUDY

"Children's song 'Baby Shark' handed down
by oral tradition not copyrighted."
- SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT

"Lawsuit filed in what is believed to be the largest
individual copyright infringement case in history."
- THE LEARNING STATION

Baby Shark in the Public Domain

Please see below the popularity of the Baby Shark song before it was famous...
 

01/01/2007
11/08/2007
 17/08/2007
 20/10/2007
 10/02/2008
 20/04/2008
 22/07/2008
 25/07/2010
 02/08/2010
 15/04/2011
 05/08/2011
 07/09/2011
 20/09/2011
 25/09/2011
 29/09/2011
 05/01/2012
 27/02/2012
 31/08/2012
 23/03/2013
 08/07/2013
 25/07/2013
 19/03/2014
 01/08/2014
 07/08/2014
 19/09/2014
 11/06/2015
 05/07/2015

Baby Shark in the Public Domain

Please see below other versions of the Baby Shark song after it was famous...
 

 24/08/2016
 30/09/2016
 08/10/2016
 05/11/2016
 26/11/2016
 28/03/2017
 27/06/2017
 08/07/2017
 21/07/2017
 24/07/2017
 17/11/2017
 21/11/2017
 23/02/2018
 04/03/2018
 10/03/2018
10/03/2018
09/04/2018
 04/05/2018
 12/05/2018
 26/05/2018
 19/06/2018
 13/07/2018
 18/07/2018
 04/08/2018
 08/09/2018
 17/10/2018
 07/01/2019
 08/02/2019
 22/02/2019
 11/04/2019
 23/04/2019
 23/04/2019
 14/05/2019
 15/04/2019
18/05/2019
 20/05/2019
 15/06/2019
 17/06/2019
12/07/2019
20/07/2019
24/10/2019
01/11/2019
11/11/2019
11/01/2020
10/02/2020
15/04/2020
05/06/2020
14/07/2020
16/07/2020
31/07/2020
08/09/2020
29/09/2020
 31/10/2020
31/10/2020
02/11/2020
18/05/2021
13/07/2021
15/08/2021
04/09/2021
20/11/2021
28/01/2022
02/02/2022

Baby Shark in the Public Domain

Please click on the link below to listen to the history of the Baby Shark song...
 





Credit: Decoder Ring -
'Baby Shark' - Origins of an earworm...
This episode was written by Willa Paskin and edited and produced by Benjamin Frisch on February 25th, 2019.
https://www.slate.com/culture/2019/02/decoder-ring-explores-the-multidecade-history-of-the-song-baby-shark-and-the-youtube-economy-that-made-it-a-hit.html


Baby Shark in the Public Domain

Please click on the links below to read the legal status of the Baby Shark song...
 





Credit: Rolling Stone -
'Baby Shark' is Shooting Up the Charts,
But No One Owns the Rights...
by Amy X. Wang on January 25th, 2019.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/baby-shark-charts-784755/






Credit: USA Today -
Did 'Baby Shark' violate copyright law?
A New York entertainer thinks so...
by Maggie Gilroy on August 22nd, 2019. (updated: December 15th, 2019).
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/08/22/baby-shark-song-writer-pinkfong-johnny-only-copyright-lawsuit/2085569001/






Credit: Moms -
'Baby Shark' Owner Pinkfong
Faces A Copyright Infringement Lawsuit...
by Kelli Catana on August 30th, 2019.
https://www.moms.com/baby-shark-pinkfong-copyright-infringement-lawsuit/







Credit: The New York Times -
A popular camp singalong for decades,
the material is widely considered
to be in the public domain...
by Ben Sisario on November 14th, 2019. (updated: November 15th, 2019).
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/14/business/baby-shark-live-concert-tour.html







Credit: The Korea Herald -
SmartStudy has rejected the plagiarism
claim, saying it's song was a recreation
of a traditional North American children's
song that has no valid copyrights...
by Yonhap on July 23rd, 2021.
https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210723000504







Credit: Aju Business Daily -
South Korean court ruled that
children's songs handed down by
oral tradition are not copyrighted...
by Lim Chang-won on July 23rd, 2021.
https://www.ajudaily.com/view/20210723120343694



 

 

 

 

 

 

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