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Jessica - May 05, 2006 12:17:14 pm PDT #5643 of 10002

And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

In most cases, legality is not the issue with music rights, just price. Record companies charge exhorbitantly high rates for home video rights (because they can), and anything the studios have to pay for cuts into their profit margins on DVD sales. So if you're releasing Friends, and expect to sell 12 bazillion box sets, it's worth it to buy the music rights. If you're releasing Mid-80's Cult Hit #7 and expect to only sell 2 or 3 bazillion, it's probably not.

As long as both sides are still making money on the transactions that do take place (and they clearly are), there's no incentive for either one to change their business model.

§ ita § - May 05, 2006 12:19:54 pm PDT #5644 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I'm the sort who will hear a song onscreen and have bought it before the commercial break. Can't do that much without the lyrics sites, and can't do it at all if it's scrubbed from the DVD (lack of commercial breaks notwithstanding).

So, in the world that's all about me, leave the sites alone and make the rights affordable.

aurelia - May 05, 2006 12:20:20 pm PDT #5645 of 10002

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.

Joss Whedon is my Master Now t-shirts are on clearance.

I want this.

bon bon - May 05, 2006 12:24:53 pm PDT #5646 of 10002

It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.

There are a lot of songwriters out there just eking a living off of rights. It's not all Styx (which is in my head now THANKS A LOT) and if those lyrics sites started paying for content, or Universal paid what releasing Miami Vice is worth to them, it would make a big difference to them.

t /firm party line

sarameg - May 05, 2006 12:27:18 pm PDT #5647 of 10002

Someone tell me that it would be perfectly fine to leave 20 minutes early.

§ ita § - May 05, 2006 12:28:22 pm PDT #5648 of 10002

Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

I was never thinking about lyrics sites paying, since I see them a source of free advertisment. Sure, they're making money off ad revenue (and this is probably the whole point), but it's free to me to go look, so I do it very often. Also, the lyrics are a poor substitute for the song itself-so going to a lyric site isn't even song methadone.

Theodosia - May 05, 2006 12:28:42 pm PDT #5649 of 10002

'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

I would, sarameg, but I'm still working, so you have to suffer along with me.

sarameg - May 05, 2006 12:29:03 pm PDT #5650 of 10002

Damn you, Theo.

Hayden - May 05, 2006 12:29:10 pm PDT #5651 of 10002

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

I was disagreeing that he's the most dour, unfunny person imaginable.

Not as long as Ann Coulter remains undead.

F&G is another show that had to fight hard to get all the music on the DVDs, and that delayed the set for a long time.

They weren't completely successful, either. Just mostly.

DavidS - May 05, 2006 12:32:37 pm PDT #5652 of 10002

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

They weren't completely successful, either. Just mostly.

What's missing?

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