OT: Paul Simon Surprise

winrockpost wrote on 6/16/2006, 1:34 PM
Just for kicks I began the process of trying to get the rights for track 11 of his new CD ,, Father and Daughter, tis fatherday time and feelin a little sentimental. Going to do a video for my 24 year old little girl that no one will see but her, and maybe my wife and son ,and want to see if I have any luck at all in doing it legal, sorry music police I'll probably do it anyway , but lets see what happens, not that Paul needs some cash, but would love to be able to do this type of thing for my family (laugh now) for a hundred dollars or so "family " license

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Stonefield wrote on 6/16/2006, 9:57 PM
I'm very very curious what that process entails in regards to getting permission to use copywritten music. Could you perhaps keep a journal of the steps that you take ?
winrockpost wrote on 6/17/2006, 7:54 AM
be glad to,, cause it will be a process,, as I've mentioned on this forum before, I tried to get the rights to sonny by Stevie Wonder, 2 yrs ago, brick wall, dead ends no fax backs no call backs, probably just wasn't worth their time for such a small project I had, maybe someday I'll get that price.
DavidMcKnight wrote on 6/17/2006, 9:05 AM
Here's a post detailing my experiment with this. Also a brick wall...
jlafferty wrote on 6/17/2006, 2:23 PM
probably just wasn't worth their time for such a small project I had

And yet, I'm sure if you violated the copyright, they wouldn't hesitate for a second to get a legal battle going.
winrockpost wrote on 6/17/2006, 2:41 PM
Well i didn't use it, but you are probably right , was sadly missed in the spot, we wrote and did our own piece, sure was nowhere as good, and in my mind the project suffered .Strange these laws , you can roll the dice on a project, may get by with it, try to do the legal thing and it is such a convoluted process that the project is long gone before you even get a price. Sorry this has been coverd a million times and I know whats right and wrong, don't want someone stealing my footage or music, but damn sometimes I would just love to get some rights to song that just works perfecly for a particular project. I'll open the wallet, just cant find anyone to pay.