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To ask if Gary Glitter gets royalties or the soundtracks playing on the news...

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Charingcrossbun · 05/02/2015 17:37

Listening to radio 4. "Awkward listening" of clips of Gary Glitter and Jimmy Savile but it's all with a Glitter's greatest hits soundtrack. Will this make him money?

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LurkingHusband · 05/02/2015 17:39

Is it complete tracks or excerpts ?

I believe you can use excerpts to illustrate a documentary without infringing copyright (and therefore don't need to pay).

The recent changes in copyright (that no one understands) may have changed that.

Charingcrossbun · 05/02/2015 17:39

It's just little clips so maybe you're right. I hope you're right Grin

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Sleepyfergus · 05/02/2015 18:16

What a horrid man. I hope they throw away the key.

Nomama · 05/02/2015 18:40

If it's less than 18(?) seconds then nothing is paid.

Oddly Google isn't giving me the info...must try harder

TwinkieTwinkle · 05/02/2015 18:55

Was there not some complaint after the Ian Watkins case that he would be receiving royalties due to his music being played on the news etc? So I'm assuming that artists will gain royalties but like another poster said, perhaps it is only if an excerpt of a song is played for x amount of time.

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