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Posted by Jim Reid on 11/12/05 16:42
> I'm guessing there may be a lot of music rights problems with WKRP. I
> know that they changed a lot of music when it was syndicated.
>>Yeah, I know that's the popular theory. But I have to wonder since these
days all the music, movie, media companies, etc, are mostly owned by a
handful of major, mega-conglomerate, corporations. So one major
corporation
conceivably could own the majority of film and music rights through all
the
mergers, takeovers, buyouts, etc, it has undergone over the years.<<
You're right when it comes to many types of music, but when modern
popular music is used, such as in WKRP, Fast TImes at Ridgemont High
and others, the conglomerates are pretty much at the mercy of the
artist.
When Universal made Mask, they had wanted to use Bruce Springsteen
music, but couldn't work things out with Springsteen.
I'm not sure what kind of deal MTM had made on music rights when
originally producing WKRP, but it didn't include video release rights
or the rights to use the music in syndication. There's an episode where
the punch line to the show is Venus playing the song "Thank Heaven for
Little Girls". In syndication he plays The Carpenters song "Close to
You" which makes no sense especially since Venus is shown holding the
album cover for the Gigi soundtrack.
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