TheNunOwnedGoat Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 About the no singing rule... Did a specific event trigger this rule to be put in place? Or, has CBS had this policy since the begging, just being careful? Just curious. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fizzle Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 they have always had that rule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Always had it. Since it's being recorded 24/7 they just don't allow singing so they don't have to pay royalties and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yana Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Monica is the cause of it... I don't remember the song she sang but the artist that recorded the song made CBS/BB pay royalities and since then there has been no singing allowed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furio22 Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 This is a dumb rule. That would be like making everyone that walks around singing a song on the streets pay royalties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfgranny Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Everyone walking around singing isn't being broadcast worldwide. It isn't the singing that the copyright holders object to - it's the broadcast part. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNunOwnedGoat Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 I disagree. It's different. They are actually broadcasting the song. It's the same as playing the song over the radio. Do you feel that playing the song over the radio is the same as singing it on the street? Besides, even if CBS agreed with you, they can't take that risk. If I publish/copyright a song, then a HG sings it over the feeds, I can demand any amount of money I want. I can be nice and let it slide, or I can demand a lot more money than they can't afford to give. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_BB_Aholic Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Furio, aren't those people called "crazy"? lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiralpam Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 someone was singing "I am woman" in season one and Helen Reddy damanded royalties for it. I think she should be happy someone actually remembers one of her songs. LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Big Bagel Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 I hate the no singing rule. They also don't catch them every single time either. What about bands that do covers of famous songs at bars? I bet they don't get sued. Some musicians are just plain greedy. They should like the free publicity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgectv Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 next thing you know, someone will say it's illeagal to download music from the 'net... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methos Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 It's all about copyrights and the dollars. Even "Happy Birthday To You" is a coprighted song and is rarely ever heard on tv because of that reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moksha Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 "What about bands that do covers of famous songs at bars?" Well, that would be the bars liability, and again... it's not being recorded nor broadcasted. I don't think the bands care if people sing their songs, it's the recording and broadcasting they care about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikenaz Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 This rule is kind of stupid in my opinion, not on CBS's fault, more so the lawers and the artists. I could understand if they were playing music from a cd or radio, but to try and sing it themselves and then claim royalties. Most of them are terrible at trying to carry a note, so who would even want to record a version of them signing? Next they'll probably get a rule that you can't even talk about a song. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfgranny Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Some musicians are just plain greedy It generally is NOT the musician unless they were savvy enough to hold on to the rights of their song. Most of the time it is the recording label that holds the copyright. John Fogarty, and his band Creedence Clearwater Revival, signed a contract in 1968 with Fantasy Records who paid them for their recording and performances but the royalty rights went to them. The band's cut of the money was in a Bahamian bank that went bust and they were hit with a $3,000,000.00 IRS bill they could not pay, even though their songs "Proud Mary, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methos Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Another good example of this is Paul McCartney. He just recently (the past year or 2 I think) bought back the rights to some of the Beatles songs. At one time, Michael Jackson owned some of them. He won them out in a bidding war with McCartney several years ago. Lennon and McCartney wrote most of the Beatles songs but did not have any rights to them as they were sold a while back. It sounds odd but that's how the system operates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivy Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 OH heck -- let's just have our own sing-a-long. Is this the real life- Is this just fantasy- Caught in a landslide- No escape from reality- Open your eyes- Look up to the skies and see- I'm just a poor boy, I need to sympathy- Because it's easy come, easy go A little high, little low- Any way the wind blows, it doesn't really matter, to me... To me... Please, feel free to continue... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
word_girl Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I think it's quite natural to break out into a song - I do it all the time - my life is quite the musical...and from the screen blazes we've been seeing, the houseguests obviously have the same compulsion. I think CBS should arrange to have a pre-set number of approved songs that CAN be sung by the houseguests. At the very least, the houseguests could hum or set the BB theme song to words. I always wonder if the houseguests would be allowed to write their own songs right there in the house. Cowboy kinda tried that in season 5, right? That's what I'd be doing if I was a houseguest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carvin Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I would like to hear Mike sing more. From what I know, he has a great voice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
word_girl Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Yeah, and Booger certainly has the wardrobe and gangsta-mean attitude to act the rapper. Vanilla Ice has left the building. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TxSioux Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 I bet CBS would love to have the HG write enough songs for a disc. Start w/Howie's Carpet Muncher song. I heard him singing it w/Jani at least once this season. Susan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambit3131 Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 Can't you get by a copyright by changing something a certain percentage? For me, I have lyricosis. I know the words to every single song in the world, I just can't remember what order they go in. I don't think what I would sing would come even close to the original piece. How could a label sue over something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNunOwnedGoat Posted July 18, 2006 Author Share Posted July 18, 2006 Even if they can't sue (which I'm not sure they can't), most -- not necissarily all, but most -- people would sing the song in a mostly correct order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfgranny Posted July 18, 2006 Share Posted July 18, 2006 CBS is owned by Viacom which also owns (among many other holdings) MTV, MTV2, mtvU, BET, VH1, CMT, Paramount, and Famous Music Publishing, which is one of the top ten music publishers in the world. With all these music holdings, Viacom is bound to hold the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
word_girl Posted July 24, 2006 Share Posted July 24, 2006 Okay, my question has been answered - can the houseguests hum the BB theme? - the answer: immediate fire. That just doesn't seem right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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