hifigator
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Post by hifigator on Oct 30, 2008 12:40:14 GMT -5
Wow, what an amazing stat. By the 2032 election there will be an astonishing 150 million people that I won't and don't want to talk to. |
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Post by Boz on Oct 31, 2008 9:06:21 GMT -5
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Post by rosslynhoya on Nov 4, 2008 14:52:34 GMT -5
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Nov 4, 2008 15:40:06 GMT -5
OK, if you are a complete geek like me -- and so many of you KNOW you are -- this is a must read!Please ignore that this discussion is taking place at a very, VERY conservative blog site. Trust me on this, it is absolutely hilarious. Geeks on the left and on the right can enjoy. ;D EDIT: Damn. They seem to have taken it down. I'll try to locate the discussion again. It's worth it. |
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Post by mchoya on Nov 4, 2008 16:35:46 GMT -5
That was amazing. The best part was that the background of the 2nd Calrissian ad was a Metro station. |
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Post by DrumsGoBang on Nov 4, 2008 16:41:38 GMT -5
chewie is his running mate
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Boz
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Post by Boz on Nov 25, 2008 17:19:54 GMT -5
;D ;D ;D ;D
I got a kick out of that.
(not a political clip, just struck me as funny)
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Post by Cambridge on Nov 26, 2008 9:28:08 GMT -5
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Post by Boz on Dec 29, 2008 15:19:12 GMT -5
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Post by DFW HOYA on Dec 29, 2008 15:24:58 GMT -5
Here's one of his better lines: "Meanwhile, John McCain, at a strategy session at a golf resort, tells his top aides to prepare a list of potential running mates, stressing that he wants somebody "who is completely, brutally honest." Unfortunately, because of noise from a lawnmower, the aides think McCain said he wants somebody "who has competed in a beauty contest." This will lead to trouble down the road." |
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Post by PDRHoya99 on Dec 30, 2008 2:59:19 GMT -5
Wrong, that's not the rule as far as I understand it. You can get a license from ASCAP to use a song at a rally or event and you don't need to get the artist's permission. There's a separate license you can get to use a song in an advertisement called a sync license. I don't think you need the artist's permission for that either. Now, an artist can always work out a contract with their publisher that may give them a right of refusal over whether the publisher can grant some types of licenses; but that's on a case-by-case basis. Correct KC, a sync license (called such because you are synchronizing the music with video) would be needed for any ad, and would require an agreement with two different groups, the owner of the publishing and the owner of the master recording. Any artist agreement with a publisher would include a provision regarding when they need to be consulted for approval. Some artists don't require any consultation. The approvals can be political (e.g. Lee Greenwood refuses to let God Bless the USA be used in political ads), but it's also common to include prohibitions on products/ads that involve sex, violence, alcohol and drugs (e.g. the Hendrix family doesn't want any association between Jimi and drugs/alcohol, because he never used either  ). Once you have the publishing right, you'd then need a license from the label that owns the master recording (assuming you didn't just pay a cover band to record a copy of the same song ala Guitar Hero 1 & 2). Typically the same prohibitions will apply, although older artists may have signed agreements that essentially gave all the rights to the label. This is of course far less common today than it was in say 1965. The ASCAP license for live exhibition is similar to what your local bar pays, essentially the right to publicly play music in an effort to encourage people to show up. It's a blanket fee that ASCAP (and the other performing rights groups BMI/SESAC) then distributes to musicians. Once you pay the fee, you can pay whatever you want, and the performing rights organization just attempts to tally up what was played and distribute funds accordingly. Interestingly, many of the musicians that pitch a fit are doing so at least partially for the benefit of putting out a press release to help their own sales. |
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