It is hard to see on the face of it what is worth a half a billion dollars in this package. Purple Rain was a mega hit but…maybe there is some kind of IP value in music rights I am not seeing?
On Thu, 22 Jun 2023 at 3:04 PM Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGCkCGiDxNd4BLv3wWBPvWXfd-w0GbW5%3DWU4_F5%3Dopnz-w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- 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/CAKGtkYLrwyaxG396yigu05NLe7M3xay8rAyb%2B7n4XRU_K20rZw%40mail.gmail.com.
