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Gripes about the Big Brother Feeds

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Veganking
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07-24-2009

Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 7:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Veganking a private message Print Post    
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!

Bicbicz911
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08-19-2005

Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 7:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bicbicz911 a private message Print Post    
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!

Spear
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08-06-2001

Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 11:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Spear a private message Print Post    
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.

Sanfranjoshfan
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09-17-2000

Sunday, July 24, 2011 - 11:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sanfranjoshfan a private message Print Post    
"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

Mummy35332
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09-09-2005

Monday, July 25, 2011 - 12:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
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.)