Comments on: Led Zeppelin, Doors, Grateful Dead Members Get High On Legal Fees http://idolator.com/222841/led-zeppelin-doors-grateful-dead-members-get-high-on-legal-fees Music News, Reviews, and Gossip on Idolator.com Sat, 26 May 2012 09:11:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: iantenna http://idolator.com/222841/led-zeppelin-doors-grateful-dead-members-get-high-on-legal-fees/comment-page-1#comment-54772 iantenna Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:59:05 +0000 http://e36af09d85c03793283d035b85c9d777#comment-54772 <p> i knew it was too good to last. gonna have to go out and buy some new riders of the purple sage boots to make myself feel better.</p> i knew it was too good to last. gonna have to go out and buy some new riders of the purple sage boots to make myself feel better.

]]> By: mike a http://idolator.com/222841/led-zeppelin-doors-grateful-dead-members-get-high-on-legal-fees/comment-page-1#comment-54782 mike a Tue, 19 Dec 2006 02:32:49 +0000 http://e36af09d85c03793283d035b85c9d777#comment-54782 <p> My 2L perspective: If Wolfgang's Vault didn't secure sync licenses (or have the bands sign contracts waiving them), then the artists probably have a good case. That means you have to pay the music publisher to "sync up" the composition to the video. WV might claim "promotional consideration" if they really are using the clips as teasers for DVDs or soundtracks, but it's harder to secure such permission after the fact. Plus WV is still liable for sync fees, plus mechanicals for each unit sold (and many publishers ask for advances). </p> <p> It's probably the artists' publishers who have the best case. Led Zeppelin in particular is notorious for saying no to everything (except car commercials, I guess). Someone at Bill Graham Presents didn't think this through.</p> My 2L perspective: If Wolfgang’s Vault didn’t secure sync licenses (or have the bands sign contracts waiving them), then the artists probably have a good case. That means you have to pay the music publisher to “sync up” the composition to the video. WV might claim “promotional consideration” if they really are using the clips as teasers for DVDs or soundtracks, but it’s harder to secure such permission after the fact. Plus WV is still liable for sync fees, plus mechanicals for each unit sold (and many publishers ask for advances).

It’s probably the artists’ publishers who have the best case. Led Zeppelin in particular is notorious for saying no to everything (except car commercials, I guess). Someone at Bill Graham Presents didn’t think this through.

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