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Old 08-11-2013, 00:53
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I have no idea who he is but this is utterly brilliant

Wednesday, November 6, 2013
by Paul Resnikoff
UK-based electro-rock artist White, aka NJ White, has had his music on shows ranging from CSI, The Sopranos, Entourage and Breaking Bad. Here, he explains to a TV producer why he insists on being paid for all of those arrangements.


http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/perm...3/11/06/whitey
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Old 08-11-2013, 01:17
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Entertainment industry executive expecting an independent musician to license their music for free and I bet that same executive is the first to complain when people pirate their shite.

The sheer hypocrisy of many inside the entertainment industry is astounding. They are bigger parasites than any 'pirate' illegally downloading a movie or TV show.
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Old 08-11-2013, 14:40
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That was an excellent read, thank you!

I feel less & less bad for using streaming to check out new shows
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Old 08-11-2013, 15:19
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An amusing read, but of course we've only got his alledged response to an alledged request (that he provide his music for free). TL, DR all the comments or the whole webpage, so does it say anywhere precisely what the original request was? Only thing I noticed was this comment from the TV company:
“We use a collective licensing system that ensures both the recording artist and composer are paid. We apologise for any confusion and we have contacted the artist to clarify this. We would never use music without permission and going through the proper procedures.”

So maybe it wasn't quite as blunt as 'Give us some music for free'. Can't think why this Mr Whitely would want to publicise this?

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Old 08-11-2013, 16:41
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An amusing read, but of course we've only got his alledged response to an alledged request (that he provide his music for free). TL, DR all the comments or the whole webpage, so does it say anywhere precisely what the original request was? Only thing I noticed was this comment from the TV company:
“We use a collective licensing system that ensures both the recording artist and composer are paid. We apologise for any confusion and we have contacted the artist to clarify this. We would never use music without permission and going through the proper procedures.”

So maybe it wasn't quite as blunt as 'Give us some music for free'. Can't think why this Mr Whitely would want to publicise this?

It's the "Unfortunately there's no budget for music" - underlined in red, in the second paragraph - that he's objecting to. As he's put it in quotation marks, I assume it actually was that blunt.
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Old 08-11-2013, 17:45
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He should pirate all their TV shows and when asked about it say "Sorry, I have no budget for TV".

These are the real parasites. Hypocrites too.
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