[Coco] Republishing Magazines

[Neil Morrison]

I just picked up a set of DVDs at my local drugstore chain - 50
movies on 12 DVDs for $20. This includes several silent classics,
BUT! the silents have a sound track which consists of playing music
from a CD? with no relation to the action on screen. I emailed a
complaint to the company but got no reply. I thought this stupid
policy went out with cheap silents on VHS but apparently not. People
who do this should be flogged in public with a maggoty cat.

Neil

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

> I'd forgotten about the old video vs. film licensing deals. That
was before
> I became an ASCAP member in 1988.
>
> But ultimately it was all about the money. The cost of relicensing
the
> music is a pittance compared with the future profits to be made in
> re-releasing this material. Using library music just increases the
profit.
> It also increases the profit in the DVD releases to come.
>
> I have no sympathy for the producers and distributors whatsoever,
but I
> think I've made that clear before. :)