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Originally Posted by terminal3  Ok, fair enough, I'll simply tell them that SOMEONE's gonna have to do it. No doubt they'll stare right back at me and ask me to add it to the mountainous list of all the other post-production tasks I'm doing for them. 
In any case though, back to the other part of my question - can anyone else expand upon details relating to the fact that none of this is going to TV broadcast right now? All the initial films are going to start out life on the internet - maybe YouTube, maybe a custom site, maybe both. Anyone had any firsthand experience with it?
And PS - previous post house is out of business now. So don't worry about them...  |
while Youtube and the like don't pay PRO's right now, that doesn't mean they won't indefinitely. Internet broadcasts are a hot topic right now and one that ASCAP and BMI have been lobbying congress about. I wouldn't be surprised if we see websites like Myspace and Youtube have to pay PRO's in the near future just like radio stations and TV stations do. And when that happens, websites like youtube will NEED the cue sheets.
What's a bigger PITA, going back through all of the old content and trying to figure out cue sheets... or to do them as the company produces content and save them in a file cabinet somewhere so when the time comes that you need them, you've already got them and already have a system in place for creating them?
By the way... most of the "royalty-free" libraries specifically exclude public performance. Royalty free libraries are usually for DVDs, on hold music, etc... In my brief search a few months ago I think I only found one library that would allow you to broadcast their music royalty free. But the money they were asking was pretty large, it was a monthly fee and as soon as you ended the contract you couldn't use their music anymore. AND!!! the music was crap. Everything sounded really lame/fake like it was done on casio keyboards and whatnot.
More and more libraries are doing "buyouts" and/or "blanket licenses" for their entire catalog or sections of their catalog. But you are still required to fill out cue sheets as mentioned before. TV and Radio won't play anything unless there is a cue sheet attached with it. They get fined $$$ if they are caught doing that. And the publishing companies definitely do police that!!! I know we do here at megatrax.