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On a more serious note, I would imagine that most Corps will not totally abandon the music thats out there in the public square. There is still lots of good music out there that doesn't cost a Corps an arm and a leg to utilize. Some of it is of course from Music written eons ago ( ala Bach ) and so forth.

"Performing their 2016 program 'Dead White Guys'... Drum Corps International proudly presents".... :tongue:

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"Performing their 2016 program 'Dead White Guys'... Drum Corps International proudly presents".... :tongue:

Crown seemed to do ok with those DWG's in 2015.

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Crown seemed to do ok with those DWG's in 2015.

yes, but then you have the fans that ##### and moan that all you hear is dead white guys.....or corps directors

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But at least we would (presumably) be able to see a video of the corps' performance in its entirety without being chopped up.

until the sound bytes they choose arent cleared

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until the sound bytes they choose arent cleared

Talk about coming back to byte you in the a##....

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We are not alone


From the Doc Searls weblog, concerning the fate of AM radio, a familiar lament (emphasis mine):



This doesn’t mean radio goes away. It just goes online, where it will stay. It’ll suck that you can’t get stations where there isn’t cellular or wi-fi coverage, but that matters less than this: there are many fewer limits to broadcasting and listening online, obsoleting the “station” metaphor, along with its need for channels and frequencies. Those are just URLs now.


Even more cool is that anybody can stream or podcast to the whole world. The only content limitations are those set by (or for) rights-holders to music and video content. If you’ve ever wondered why there’s very little music on podcasts (they’re almost all talk), it’s because “clearing rights” for popular — or any — recorded music for podcasting is between awful and impossible. That’s far less the case for streaming. But to get a sense of how complex streaming is, copyright-wise, dig David Oxenford’s Broadcast Law Blog. If all you want to do is talk, however, feel free, because you are.
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We are not alone
From the Doc Searls weblog, concerning the fate of AM radio, a familiar lament (emphasis mine):
This doesn’t mean radio goes away. It just goes online, where it will stay. It’ll suck that you can’t get stations where there isn’t cellular or wi-fi coverage, but that matters less than this: there are many fewer limits to broadcasting and listening online, obsoleting the “station” metaphor, along with its need for channels and frequencies. Those are just URLs now.
Even more cool is that anybody can stream or podcast to the whole world. The only content limitations are those set by (or for) rights-holders to music and video content. If you’ve ever wondered why there’s very little music on podcasts (they’re almost all talk), it’s because “clearing rights” for popular — or any — recorded music for podcasting is between awful and impossible. That’s far less the case for streaming. But to get a sense of how complex streaming is, copyright-wise, dig David Oxenford’s Broadcast Law Blog. If all you want to do is talk, however, feel free, because you are.

The question is what kind of contract is DCI signing to license these rights from the entertainment companies? And what does the audit clause say? Is it a participations contract where the entertainment company who owns the property expects a percentage royalty from DCI's sales? Or is it a one time usage fee? Better if it's a participation contract because as long as DCI sends an annual statement, no matter how many ridiculous lies are on it, or how tiny a check it is, companies like Sony will leave you alone and not formally audit you. (Audits take years.)

Formal participation audits start at a cost of $10,000 paid for by the entertainment company to an outside audit firm. And entertainment companies like Warner Music or Sony would never ever audit DCI on Participation contracts that won't garner at least double that. Send MGM an annual check for two bucks for 007 and tell them to go jump in the lake.

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I wonder if DCI has a ballpark figure on what the indidual subscption cost would be to reinstate the Fan Network as we knew it? Or, is the matter so complicated and gnarled that you can't even begin to place a price tag on it? Seriously, if DCI sent out a survey and stated the Fan Network, as we knew it, could go live again at double the cost, I bet there would be many that would take them up on the chance.

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I wonder if DCI has a ballpark figure on what the indidual subscption cost would be to reinstate the Fan Network as we knew it? Or, is the matter so complicated and gnarled that you can't even begin to place a price tag on it? Seriously, if DCI sent out a survey and stated the Fan Network, as we knew it, could go live again at double the cost, I bet there would be many that would take them up on the chance.

here's a hint:

a lot more than they make on the fan network. a lot more

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