[Coco] Republishing Magazines

[Neil Morrison]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dennis Bathory-Kitsz" <bathory at maltedmedia.com>

> I believe the problem is not the re-broadcast but rather the
re-release of
> WKRP (and many other shows) on DVD.
>
> The background music was contracted for broadcast, not for
commercial
> release. Those contracts must be renegotiated, and because it is a
public
> release, royalties are paid per copy. That adds up and,
unfortunately, the
> on-the-cheap producers of the original shows did not incorporate
the idea
> of future release into their  contracts, nor are they willing to
pony up
> the cash to pay those royalties now.

See http://members.allstream.net/~jacjud/wkrpmusic.html about the
music situation.

NM