This is over a royalties dispute with Freeplay Music.
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CNN Accused of Using Hundreds of Songs Without Permission in New Lawsuit
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This is over a royalties dispute with Freeplay Music.
Hmmm something is fishy here. First of all, music licensing is more complicated in TV than radio. Radio stations do blanket licenses for music, and they have an organization called the Radio Music License Committee that handles those negotiations. TV has to license music separately. However, most TV companies use intermediaries to handle that licensing. Also production music is different from popular music. A lot of times, companies commission their own production libraries. So my sense is that these international networks of CNN used music outside of CNN's actual production library. But the lawsuit is against the main company, not the international divisions. Were any of the songs played in the US? If not, that may change things,
In any event, here's a version of the story that's not behind a paywall.
www.yahoo.com
In any event, here's a version of the story that's not behind a paywall.
CNN Accused of Using Hundreds of Songs Without Permission in New Lawsuit
Freeplay Music, an online production music library, is seeking $17 million from the cable news giant
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