Wouldn't the rights to much of, say, the Casablanca music be out of copyright by now - or very close to? The writer of "As Time Goes By" died in 1951, and the recording is from 1942. The entire film is already public domain in some territories.
Of course Warners will [potentially] have the masters to licence, rather than a scratchy 78 someone who wanted a PD copy might have to use to source it. On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 10:52 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > I had figured much of that catalog went to Warner-Chappell, which is part > of WMG (along with the former Warner recording labels)... > B > > On Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 4:12:29 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > Everything from “Casablanca” to “Batman” music licensing is up for grabs. > > I’m willing to bid as much as $25 for “Batdance” > > > https://variety.com/2023/music/news/warner-bros-discovery-500-million-deal-sell-film-tv-music-publishing-assets-1235652398/ > > -- > 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/b0847fd1-cca2-497b-856d-748493bd4319n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/b0847fd1-cca2-497b-856d-748493bd4319n%40googlegroups.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/CAD_sJGCkCGiDxNd4BLv3wWBPvWXfd-w0GbW5%3DWU4_F5%3Dopnz-w%40mail.gmail.com.
