An interesting story on music licensing and how it affects DVD releases....
http://www.vox.com/2014/11/3/7145231/shows-not-on-dvd-music-rights-wonder-years-wkrp
http://www.vox.com/2014/11/3/7145231/shows-not-on-dvd-music-rights-wonder-years-wkrp
This is truly depressing
Knowing the challenges of licensing Beatles' recordings I was quite startled hearing it when the show first aired. And the prior episode used "I Just Wasn't Made for These Times", which could not have been cheap either. Unlike the older shows, however, I believe Mad Men (and other current shows) now attempt to secure the rights in perpetuity.
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2...-the-beatles-all-you-need-is-love-and-250000/
which was originally for 14, then 21 years.To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries. Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8, (the Copyright Clause)
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