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Re:A Man Who’s Spending $1B to Own Every Pop Song by olalonde on Saturday January 11, 2020 @03:08PM (#22021962)
In many cases, old songs are used precisely because they are cheaper to license.
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Re:A Man Who’s Spending $1B to Own Every Pop Song by wolco on Saturday January 11, 2020 @05:12PM (#22022720)
Old songs have greater surface. Many more people have heard it over something popular today which 20% might have heard of. New music is usually much cheaper. Even within the same artist. Would you lic. Bieber's Baby, baby O or something new. More extreme example would you lic gangnam style or anything newer by that artist?
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Re:A Man Who’s Spending $1B to Own Every Pop Song by walshemj on Saturday January 11, 2020 @03:23PM (#22022047)
Not really its why TV shows have to be careful with the budget for licences - though this can work very well "sinner Man" as used in an episode of Person of interest.
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