Does anyone ever pay for tweaks to captioning after the initial broadcast? On Tue, Jun 15, 2021, 9:29 PM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote:
> Lyrics should always be there - as far as I know, there’s no kind of > rights issue that would prevent the lyrics from appearing in the captions > if the song is played on the show. > > That said, back when I worked as a captioner and was captioning shows for > their first broadcast, we were sent tapes during the post-production > process that often didn’t have the final sound mix… and I remember that one > production company specifically told us not to caption any song lyrics, > because they sometimes went down to the wire on getting music rights for > their shows. > > Obviously, something like that shouldn’t be the case for “Simpsons” reruns > (or anything in its second broadcast or beyond). I suspect it was just a > weird oversight during the captioning process for that particular episode. > > > On Jun 15, 2021, at 6:17 PM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have been stymied by a question from my seven-year-old regarding closed > captioning. > > While watching The Simpsons episode "Simpson Tide", he noticed that in the > scene where they play The Village People singing "YMCA", the captioning did > not include the lyrics to the song. He asked me why that was, and I took a > stab at some sort of rights issue. But he then noticed that in the next > episode, "The Trouble With Trillions", Smithers sings a couple lines from > "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and those lines do appear. And I remember > seeing the lyrics from "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" at the end of > "Dumbbell Indemnity" > > Could anyone help explain this further? > > A slightly confused father. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BeUyrc4LPedCuVCgyXDjc42oK7oeuCthwHzaRx7j3EhDQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BeUyrc4LPedCuVCgyXDjc42oK7oeuCthwHzaRx7j3EhDQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/299E116F-45C4-488A-848E-73D358702A5E%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/299E116F-45C4-488A-848E-73D358702A5E%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABCcf4dqbWsTMvW9RepVEkGrdQK-ef%2B51Je-Lk_OnnYgtDWV3A%40mail.gmail.com.
