I meant to add "probably" in there, but even then "ignored" wasn't the best choice of wording. My intent was to say that we don't know what Timeless did with respect to music licensing for the Peter Gunn release. It is possibly based on the age of the music and the songs included that they...
I doubt the idea of licensing for a limited time DVD release is in their plans. I'm sure they would go for perpetuity to handle long term initiatives. Likely, Timeless or whomever they licensed from was never worried about music licensing and ignored the whole thing.
My take is that the studio (WB in this case) owns the series and is going to want the rights cleared up for perpetuity, and is more conservative about law suits since they are such a large organization to be a target. Peter Gunn, on the other hand, was licensed by Timeless for a set period of...
Yes, but if they delete or replace musical performances they'll get chastised by this very community for hacking the release, and a large contigent will boycott it. I'm guessing by now WB realizes the costs to clear are beyond what revenue will be generated, so it has become a no-win situation.