semi-related. For those interested in investing in song-rights and licensing, Hipgnosis Songs Fund continues to buy lotsa rights and market them. I think their most recent major acquisition was Beiber's stuff.
Hipgnosis Songs Fund - Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipgnosis_Songs_Fund> On Fri, Jun 23, 2023 at 11:49 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9vjmWj3HWkw6-Jy9RXK9XsqeiQQJ3oJ%3DNOfsPJTLjnbw%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/CAK5Q1BqTosRpH%3DotF1oa3d0pFehOWBwdNpwSo%3Dg7ks9RFOqdGw%40mail.gmail.com.
