John*P
Second Unit
- Joined
- May 27, 2004
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I figured as much. Selling this stuff on eBay is one thing, (still illegal) but advertising these bootlegs on Google? They're just asking for it...
Then how do you explain Happy Days, Gord?My name isn't Gord, but I'll give this a try.
You're making a mistake if you think that because music for Happy Days was cleared, that it will be easy or cost effective for Wonder Years music to be cleared and that is simply not correct.
The music is likely not controlled by the same people for both shows, and the cost of clearing it might be higher. There is no standard for music clearance for older TV shows, so because Happy Days has all of its music that does not mean that it would be just as easy or just as expensive for Fox to clear all the music rights to the Wonder Years.
If they can pay I million dollars for the music rights to Freaks and Geeks, why can't they pay alittle more for a show that was not only on longer but did
better in the ratings?Again, what would make you think that it would only be just a little bit more? Rights issues are tricky, if the song in question is owned by more than one person and not all parties sign off on the deal then the song can't be used. There are several instances where this is ture, and not just for home video clearance. Did you know for instance that Sunny Bono once wanted to use a song that he had written on a TV show he was starring in, but he couldn't use it because a deal could not be struck with the other rights holder on the song, the producer IIRC.
You can't just say well, they didn't have any problem with Freaks and Geeks so why not the Wonder Years? The cost is not going to be the same across the board, and one person can stall one negotiation and one absent song might be enough to stall a DVD release.