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Originally Posted by terminal pharmacy
I did the sound design on a theatre show that went for four hours, i used several hundred samples, each of which needed clearance. This process took almost a year and some were not cleared for use, so I did not use those ones.
You must negotiate with management the rights and price.
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Out of curiosity, did you have any legal assistance to clear the samples? I imagine it would have been a nightmare. I'm always interested to hear about people's dilemma's with sample clearance. I've been studying intellectual property and copyright law in my free time for a couple of years.
My band has trouble pressing vinyl because America has passed legislation that allows the record companies to sue the pressing plants instead of artists for uncleared samples. You know, because there's just not enough money in suing a couple of kids who live 3 deep in a studio apartment, who scraped together the $1000 it costs to do a VERY small pressing run. But they'll be damned if they're going to let you sample that song you're forced to hear on the radio, in the elevator, at the grocery store, on hold with the bank, at a restaurant, in a movie, in a commercial, etc... It's to the point where, sure, we can listen to all kinds of stuff, but we don't really get to choose what we DON'T listen to anymore. It's ridiculous.
Don't even get me started on the whole idea that I BUY something from a store, and some vague media conglomerate has the power to dictate to me what I can and can't do with something I BOUGHT. They want you to believe you're buying music, when in reality all they're doing is granting you a license to listen. Kind of makes that $20 you spent to "support the artist" look like more and more of rip.
Oh well, rant mode: terminated.