what's the deal with music rights in the UK?

[Tsakali]

You fuckers seem to use any and every piece of popular music on your tv broadcasts, and yet somehow I doubt you bother getting the rights to any of those. Are the laws there different? Cause I'm pretty sure you can't use more than a second of anyone's work b4 you get sued here in the US.

Don't get me wrong, I'm liking the unabated use of material, just not sure how you're doing that.

[GONNAFISTYA]

You can do anything if you can handle driving on the wrong side of the road.

[Don Carlos]

The company pay the artists when it's used. Madness I know, but it happens

[Tsakali]

so why doesnt the us use that practice more often?u mean to tell me brits have more money to burn?

[MKJ]

cos the US has the RIAA and they're morons.
I think the rule is you can use < 30secs for free of a master recording.

[losCHUNK]

Yea ?, I'm pretty sure you need to come to an agreement with the artist / publisher if you want the rights to use their music no matter its length ?, we can't even play local radio in a shop without a licence . I can't see it costing that much either as it's like an advert for the song n all, especially if its linked to a big brand which is what the more popular songs seem to attach themselves to.

It's not like they're stealing copyright, the industry is regulated by Ofcom who have no drama in busting bollocks like the Tax man.

And I think it's more to do with yank ads being rather shit, from no mark companies like staybrite windows where you buy one you get one free, I SAID, ya buy one ya get one freeeeeeee. As an assumption id say we have less broadcasting space in comparison.

[Don Carlos]

If the right song is used sales go through roof - just ask Alex Clare in the IE9 advert, Chromatics for the Samsung Galaxy advert or David Bowie in the latest Sony advert

[Doombrain]

jesus, who cares??

[seremtan]

quite

[MKJ]

yeah, fuck those morons being interested in other countries' legislature

[seremtan]

legislation

[losCHUNK]

The English r mad

[MKJ]

legislation

legislature is the word I was looking for.
and hence used.

[seremtan]

then it should have been "another country's"

pwnt

[MKJ]

possessive plural, "other countries'", I'm sure.

[Mat Linnett]

Every time a tune is broadcast for public consumption, the artist responsible gets a royalty.
There's a shit-tonne of cash in the UK advertising industry, so they can afford to pay the royalties.

The Performing Rights Society Music License

Here's the list of tariffs associated with TV advertising.

[seremtan]

possessive plural, "other countries'", I'm sure.

we're only talking about one country here

no backsliding plz thx

[MKJ]

I was talkng about the concept of taking interest in other countries, plural.
otherwise I would've used "another country" instead of "other countries".
sorry bout that.

[seremtan]

why can't you just be a man and admit that i'm right?

[MKJ]

why can't you just accept the fact that you were wrong?

[MKJ]

next up: no u.

[Doombrain]

still don't care.

[LawL]

I like the direction this thread took.

[seremtan]

next up: no u.

[Tsakali]

Every time a tune is broadcast for public consumption, the artist responsible gets a royalty.
There's a shit-tonne of cash in the UK advertising industry, so they can afford to pay the royalties.

The Performing Rights Society Music License

Here's the list of tariffs associated with TV advertising.

good post