[Fmpro] life/Warner Bros., AOL Deliver Digitized Musical Film Clips

[Dana from Serious Vanity Music]

> is the entire list dead?
>
> Everyone been paid accurately?
>
> Wow

I'm guessing the composers for shows in the story below haven't been.  With 
no ability to see into the future to new media delivery such as this, I'm 
not sure how they could have protected themselves and their royalties unless 
they or someone on their behalf renegotiated before this happened.  I would 
like to think that is what happened!

Should clauses be left in contracts to leave room for renegotiation into the 
unforseeable future?

>From digitalmusicnews.com (direct link to the story below):

Warner Bros., AOL Deliver Digitized Musical Film Clips

The sheer volume of recorded music is immense, though rarities are often 
buried within dusty vaults.  In a previous era, it was difficult to justify 
certain remastering efforts, though a disruptive digital revolution has 
shifted the economic balance tremendously.  Obscure gems from long-ago stars 
or lesser known contemporaries are increasingly being digitized, and online 
music stores can easily offer immense collections.  But the Long Tail is a 
varied terrain, and fresh material is starting to come from some unlikely 
sources.  Just recently, Warner Bros. digitized a number of its older films, 
a collection that includes a musical performances from big-name artists.

The content is positioned on In2TV.com, a collaborative effort between AOL 
and Warner Bros.  The destination offers free access to a number of 
television programs, many of them decades old.  As part of its new "Rock n' 
Flix Channel," In2TV is offering various musical performances from Warner 
Bros. films, including some hard-to-resist classics.  The collection 
includes Prince in "Purple Rain," rap pioneers Run-DMC and Kurtis Blow in 
"Krush Groove," and Willie Nelson in "Honeysuckle Rose."  Other performances 
come from big-name artists like Led Zeppelin, Jimi Hendrix, Whitney Houston, 
Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino and Frankie Avalon.   "In a short amount of 
time, In2TV.com has doubled the amount of programming available to 
consumers, while also focusing on unique programs - such as Rock 'n Flix  - 
which are often difficult to find on TV," commented Fred McIntyre, senior 
vice president of AOL Video.

Permalink: http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/stories/010706wb


Dana Detrick-Clark
Serious Vanity Music
http://www.seriousvanity.com