<![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?) - Idolator Comments]]> http://cache.gawker.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/idolator.com.png <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?) - Idolator Comments]]> http://idolator.com Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:00:28 EST Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:00:28 EST http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4069485 @Lucas Jensen: Yeah, but I think BMI's going to calculate this based on "Weekend daytime non-featured use" blah blah blah. They don't weight by viewership, do they?

queensissy

]]> 33:352166:c4069485 Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:00:28 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4043585 @Guadalahonky: Don't forget the sweet royalty checks that AF is going to get. Their song was played on the most watched TV program of the year.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:352166:c4043585 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:06:29 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4041190 I just thought it was AF embracing their 'we're the next Springsteen and have to remain oblivious to Murdoch using our music moment'.

It did make me laugh aloud when it played last night. The idea of Mac & Co. drinking better beer in Chapel Hill on the Fox account is a lovely thought.

amyk

]]> 33:352166:c4041190 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:44:19 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4039323 The only time an artist can really consider suing Fox is if they use their song in the pre-game show. Because while the show is 1. live, 2. only airs once, and 3. is newsworthy (I suppose), one can make the argument that the pre-cut package isn't itself isn't live, since it was cut at some ungodly hour a day or two before, so the ephemeral rule does not apply. There have been artists who have brought up this argument, but no one has brought a suit as of yet. Sure, there have been some strongly worded letters, but it's been settled behind the scenes and their name put on a DO NOT USE THESE ARTISTS EVER AGAIN list to the producers and BAs.

As the bumper was clearly cut in the truck using highlights from the game currently being played, Arcade Fire can untwist their panties, if they are indeed twisted, because there's nothing they can do about it.

Guadalahonky

]]> 33:352166:c4039323 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:25:03 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4038374 @Felonious Monk: Just to set the record straight, of Montreal was paid for that parody version of their song in the Outback ads. It wasn't a "sound alike" situation...

queensissy

]]> 33:352166:c4038374 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:50:37 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4035127 OK, so I guess this isn't something they've been playing all year, and I wasn't just hearing things. It was driving me crazy last night.

dabug

]]> 33:352166:c4035127 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:50:33 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4033758 @Figgsrock: Wait a second! Pitchfork went overboard on something?

/black kids

Jon Can Dance

]]> 33:352166:c4033758 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:59:07 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4033722 someone should explain the music industry to pitchfork

strapsy

]]> 33:352166:c4033722 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:57:46 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4033583 I'm sure they wouldn't have whined if this had happened during the Grey Cup.

Al Shipley

]]> 33:352166:c4033583 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:52:29 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4033242 @Felonious Monk: Could have been the version from their first album?

The Notorious T

]]> 33:352166:c4033242 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:36:59 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4033066 if it's less than 10 seconds or so they don't owe the arcade fire anything. Plus, it sounded a little bit different from the real song; I thought Fox ripped them off Outback Steakhouse-style.

Felonious Monk

]]> 33:352166:c4033066 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:29:11 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4032833 @Jon Can Dance: Yes, Pitchfork went a bit overboard on this one. Apparently they haven't seen a football game on FOX, well, EVER.

Figgsrock

]]> 33:352166:c4032833 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:21:14 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4032710 Quick, somebody create: foxsportsstolemyarcadefiresong.blogspot.com

extracrispy

]]> 33:352166:c4032710 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:15:28 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4032571 @Dan Gibson: I agree. I don't think there is anything that can be done if they are up on their BMI/ASCAP/SESAC stuff.

Lucas Jensen

]]> 33:352166:c4032571 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:09:51 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4032434 I watched this ad with the sound off, so I thought it was actually Fox's ham-handed way of working its own Ironman promo into the evening.

Maura Johnston

]]> 33:352166:c4032434 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:02:24 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4032196 It was definitely a bumper, not an Ad. And Fox did this all season long with a variety of artists. If Fox were infringing on some copyright or whatever (not a lawyer), I would assume this issue would have already arisen.

Jon Can Dance

]]> 33:352166:c4032196 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:52:26 EST <![CDATA[Fox Sports Is Down With The Arcade Fire (So Much They Swiped One Of Their Songs For An Ad?)]]> http://idolator.com/352166/fox-sports-is-down-with-the-arcade-fire-so-much-they-swiped-one-of-their-songs-for-an-ad#c4032068 I might be way off here, but if Fox can claim that as a bumper or part of the programming itself, I'm not sure they'd need actual "permission".

Dan Gibson

]]> 33:352166:c4032068 Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:45:43 EST