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  • On the post: And Here Come Another Round Of Yawn-Inducing Music Subscription Services

    Not That Chris ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2009 @ 06:33am

    Re: Skype is Hype

    I'm kind of new around here, but I would myself be really leery about posting anything like "I hold patent 12345," especially when, without reading the patent, you appear to have described a webcam, which according to the almighty Wikipedia, has been around since 1991.

    But that's just me...

  • On the post: Once Again, Music Licensing Harms The DVD Release Of A Classic TV Show: The State Goes Generic

    Not That Chris ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2009 @ 08:20pm

    Replacements and Reasons

    As an avid The State fan, I broke down and bought the DVD set, in spite of the knowledge that nearly all the music had been replaced (though I didn't know about the deleted 15 seconds, but its not biggie since I strongly dislike Pearl Jam anyways). In most places, they've done a very good job of matching at least the style of the original music. There are some (like $240 Worth of Pudding) that are painful to watch because of the redubbing required:

    The Original
    From the DVD

    There are a lot of interviews with David Wain regarding the DVD set, but one of the more interesting ones I ran across when checking into the music replacement was this one: http://sepinwall.blogspot.com/2009/07/state-on-dvd-david-wain-q.html. Wain basically says that it wasn't a matter of money. In this case, the music owners simply wouldn't license the music. I personally don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to license this music. Most of it hasn't been heard in 10+ years, and I didn't remember how good most of it was until I poked around YouTube looking for unaltered clips for comparison.

    If I remember correctly, there was an old VHS of State skits released long ago...I wonder if they had to do any of the lame ass licensing then too, and if they did, why didn't it carry over to the DVDs...seems like the same basic concept to me...