User:Alemas2005/Chat/Logs/2 November 2017

 [09:05]  One thing I discovered about the public broadcasters here. [09:06]  They don't skimp on music. [09:06]  The amount of popular (both old and new) songs they insert in programs is just astounding. [09:06]  Puts the BBC to shame. [09:08]  Roddy, thoughts? :P [09:08]  don't the BBC have a special royalties think anyway? [09:08]  where they can basically play anything? [09:09]  it causes the channels that rerun Top Gear all sorts of problems :P [09:10]  No idea. :P [09:11]  Just find it amusing that the German public broadcasters don't skimp on quality music. :P [09:11]  While the BBC... never gave me that impression. :P [09:11]  Don't know, on YouTube no Top Gear clips feature decent music. :P [09:12]  And actually, I discovered they use the same music... years apart. (derp) [09:13]  Proper cheapskates. [09:15]  yeah it seems the BBC get blanket licenses to use pretty much anything they want [09:15] <Alemas2005> Huh. :P [09:15] <Roddy15> some things require prior approval though [09:15] <Alemas2005> Source? :P [09:15] <Roddy15> https://www.prsformusic.com/royalties/tv-royalties/bbc-prior-approval-process [09:17] <Alemas2005> Would like to know what music they got, though. [09:18] <Alemas2005> 'cause in all the clips of Top Gear I've watched I didn't find anything I recognised. :P [09:18] <Roddy15> BBC site actually talks about their licenses directly too http://www.bbc.co.uk/commissioning/tv/production/articles/archive-rights-clearances#music-clearance [09:19] <Alemas2005> Apart from when Clarkson reviewed the Enzo, which was Nick Mason's, so they littered the video with Pink Floyd songs and references. :P [09:20] <Roddy15> "It should be specifically noted that songs by the Doors (Jim Morrison/Ray Manzarek/John Densmore/Robert Krieger), Journey (Cain/Perry/Schon), Michael Jackson and Neil Young are NOT included in this blanket agreement (including cover versions and tracks using samples) and cannot be used." [09:20] <Alemas2005> RIP Michael Jackson. [09:21] <Alemas2005> Amusing how Neil Young isn't covered. [09:21] <Alemas2005> 'cause there was a man-love thing going on between him and Clarkson back in the da- [09:21] <Alemas2005> Or was that Will Young? [09:21] <Alemas2005> I'm getting my Youngs confused... [09:22] <Alemas2005> Oh that was Will Young, nevermind. :P [09:28] <Marcel77799> Test [09:28] <Alemas2005> ALIVE. [09:28] <Marcel77799> What's up? [09:29] <Marcel77799> ... [09:32] <Alemas2005> Uh. [09:32] <Alemas2005> Nothing much. [09:33] <Alemas2005> Done some decisions on my future. :P [09:36] <Marcel77799> Wow lah [09:36] <Marcel77799> *lag [09:37] <Marcel77799> Sounds good. What did ya decide? [09:38] <Marcel77799> I was at some student council meeting for welcoming the new students. It was kinda lame though. Last year was way more fun [09:50] <Alemas2005> ...nothing of the sort. :P [09:50] <Alemas2005> As in, not uni- or work-related... [09:50] <Alemas2005> ...or life-related... [09:50] <Alemas2005> ...a decision that I'll announce in the coming weeks. [09:54] <Marcel77799> You'll retire? [09:56] <Marcel77799> Dunno, that was the first thing that came to my mind (derp) [10:01] <Alemas2005> That could be one of the decisions, yes.