As I read elsewhere, much of the library is film scores, of which there is no great value, and outside of some standards used in Warners' musicals (as in "42nd Street," which was turned into a Broadway show in the 80s and is still being produced somewhere), it's not exactly like owning the Beatles or Bob Dylan or David Bowie catalog.
However, Paramount sold their library some years ago, but I don't remember for how much. Mark Jeffries [email protected] On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 7:54 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLrwyaxG396yigu05NLe7M3xay8rAyb%2B7n4XRU_K20rZw%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/CAJ_uKi9vjmWj3HWkw6-Jy9RXK9XsqeiQQJ3oJ%3DNOfsPJTLjnbw%40mail.gmail.com.
