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Veganking
Member
07-24-2009
| Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 7:08 pm
Why doesn't CBS get the record companies to sign a waiver so the houseguests can sing without them having to censor them? And they don't just censor the feeds where the singing is happening, they censor all four feeds!
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Bicbicz911
Member
08-19-2005
| Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 7:27 pm
You would think with the advent of free music downloads and all these reality music shows they would be able to work something out. Thy can't even sing Happy Birthday!
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Spear
Member
08-06-2001
| Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 11:01 pm
Considering the size of the live feed audience, it's probably not worth for the producers to pay the licensing fees. They have made exceptions for the show when it's "good TV" -- like the awkward "Happy Birthday" song for Keesha(?) in BB10. I'm sure negotiations are quite different for top-rated shows like AI and DWTS.
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Sanfranjoshfan
Member
09-17-2000
| Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 11:42 pm
"Why doesn't CBS get the record companies to sign a waiver so the houseguests can sing without them having to censor them?" My guess is that songwriters expect to paid for their product (via royalties) when their songs are sung in commercial enterprises. They probably look at like this: they worked hard to create their songs so they want to get paid for them, not just sign a waiver and give them away for free. As for "Happy Birthday"...apparently that little ditty still brings in $2 MILLION a year in royalties! However, it will finally become part of the public domain in 2030! http://www.snopes.com/music/songs/birthday.asp
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Mummy35332
Member
09-09-2005
| Monday, July 25, 2011 - 12:20 am
With all of the wannabe's in the house, do we really want AI rejects singing their heads off all day on the feeds? Imagine, Julie announces, So-in-so you have been evicted from the BB house. So-in-so stands and starts belting out 'And I am telling you, I'm not going....' (Hearing Jennifer Hudson signing this in Dream Girls.)
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