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Congrats!
My Dropkick Murphy’s influenced track Half Irish netted me $20 last month !
(OK not even in the same parking lot of Art’s ballpark. but)….
Seriously congrats Art. That really is a cool (hopefully lucrative ) placement, I love hearing stories like this.
I would be curious to see the payout too. The bummer is that those things only air once. I had a cue play in the summer olympics on NBC for a half minute and only got $50, and it won’t re-run, so that’s it!
Great piece Art.
Always liked it.
Being a Paddy myself I was reflecting on one St Patricks Day not long ago when I had three gigs.
A bandstand in a town in West London. 10am-12
A pub in East London from 2pm – 5pm.
A dance hall in Ealing,London from 10pm -2am.
Happy days and lots of money,not to mention lots of Guinness!!!!
Congrats Art! Your lucky day! 😀
nice…
Hey Art, not to rain on your parade and for my own education – is it possible your placement in the live broadcast of a parade will be considered an “Ephemeral Use” and seeing as it wont be re-broadcast no royalties paid?
Hey Art, not to rain on your parade
Ouch!
…and now with BMI, how much you get paid depends on the ratings!
From an Irishman congrats!!!
Let us know how it works out, we all can learn!
My opinion is broadcasters are stretching the boundaries of an ephemeral use. It’s one thing if a band marching in the parade is playing a copyrighted piece, that’s the type of thing the use should cover. But planning ahead to use a copyrighted piece should always be paid for properly. Local TV here seems to be a frequent offender. There’s a live local news broadcast that takes requests from viewers. They announce “tell us what song you’d like to hear on our broadcast and well try to play it on the air”. They use popular music for cuts to commercials and transitions. I suppose they feel it is within their rights as a live broadcast. And maybe it is, I don’t know the law. But really, taking requests???
Anyway, don’t mean to change the topic of this thread. Hope you do see some royalties!
Hi Art,
Wondering if you ever go paid for this, or was it considered ephemeral use? I had a cue for 2:18 last year (2016) on the same parade and haven’t seen anything yet. Thanks!