What TV shows are you watching?

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

The latest episode of Mr robot!! My god!

 

Also, this stranger things series is pretty damn good!

Yeah. Really coming together nicely isn't it. Still a bit of a mindfuck

[Fisan]

Any Bojack Horseman fans here?

 

Season 3 is far better than the previous seasons IMO. The little details they put. Have only watched until episode 7, but really enjoying it!

[Stretch]

Maxence Cyrin wrote this comment on the youtube video for her piano version of Where is my mind. I found it interesting that she was not aware it was being used in the show. Do you think that means that the pixies get all the royalties in this case?

 

"Hi Everybody ! I'm amazed by the use of "Where is my mind" in Mr Robot. I watched the first season and it's a really good show"

Edited August 1, 2016 by Stretch

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

Maxence Cyrin wrote this comment on the youtube video for her piano version of Where is my mind. I found it interesting that she was not aware it was being used in the show. Do you think that means that the pixies get all the royalties in this case?

 

"Hi Everybody ! I'm amazed by the use of "Where is my mind" in Mr Robot. I watched the first season and it's a really good show"

 

 

The way these things work is that the producers / directors / whatever essentially "buy" the rights to use a song from whichever recording studio / company owns the song itself. There are a whole bunch of different end user license agreements that you get, that determine how & in what context you can use a song, and then you just buy it through the relevant portal.

 

My OH uses a similar thing for her photography Slideshows (for client viewing sessions) - she bought the rights to use 2 songs in private viewings for I think $60 per year. There are free options (out of copyright songs) and other, more expensive versions of the service depending on how you want to use it. The more viewers you have, the more expensive the license fee. The amount of times you can use it is also stipulated in the contract.

 

What they've probably done is sign a licensing agreement with a provider / record company that allows them to use songs from a vast list of songs & artists, as many times as they want. The artist won't be notified of the use, as it's part of the record company's sales and distribution. They don't approach the individual artist unless they're self-published, as the record company, for all intents and purposes, OWNS the song. That is, unless they've signed a contract saying "you will only sell the song via CD / download & not in a movie / tv series without my prior consent" - which, tbh, I don't think happens. Record companies can sell the song just how they want to without telling you. 

 

So it depends who owns the rights to the song. If it was properly recorded in a studio and released through a record label, the above applies. If not, it's a whole different story. 

 

EDIT: Grammar

Edited August 1, 2016 by Myles Mayhew

[Stretch]

i realise the role that record companies play...but on the whole they are just an unnecessary money grabbing bunch of shrks

[Captain Fastbastard Mayhem]

i realise the role that record companies play...but on the whole they are just an unnecessary money grabbing bunch of shrks

Yep.

But to answer your question - no, it's not strange that the artist didn't know. 

[Stretch]

watched 2 episodes of fleabag on BBC 3 last night - appealed to my filthy sense of humour

[Lurch the stalker]

Watched the first 2 episodes of Kingdom over the weekend - first time a fictional show about MMA hasn't sucked in my opinion.

[Capricorn]

Watched the first 2 episodes of Kingdom over the weekend - first time a fictional show about MMA hasn't sucked in my opinion.

it wasn't bad at all. had really good potential.

[Stretch]

what was everyones thoughts of the final episode of wayward pines...looks like they have set it up for a season 3. I really wish they had just left it as one episode and been done with it

[the nerd]

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/MiXAT0l

[Stretch]

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/MiXAT0l

that's effin awesome

Edited August 1, 2016 by Stretch

[bertusras]

http://m.imgur.com/gallery/MiXAT0l

 

You bastard

[the nerd]

You bastard

Trolololol [emoji41]

[Lexx]

what was everyones thoughts of the final episode of wayward pines...looks like they have set it up for a season 3. I really wish they had just left it as one episode and been done with it

It was pretty good. 

 

Didn't that Abbie baby in the final scene look almost Human like...

I hope there is a S3

Edited August 1, 2016 by Lexx

[Lurch the stalker]

what was everyones thoughts of the final episode of wayward pines...looks like they have set it up for a season 3. I really wish they had just left it as one episode and been done with it

One episode would have made it a movie...

I do miss the way Season 1 worked where we didn't know it was in the future and all that, but, I'm still interested to see where it's going, I'm sure they're planning a third season.