this is why a lot of MTV shows never got proper home video releases, or if they did, were severely compromised when it came to soundtrack replacements.
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I know that's why The State wasn't released on DVD for a long time. But that was a cheap show. You'd think Rockstar would just pay for a lifetime license, right?
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No kidding! I only noticed it - I think it was Scrubs maybe? - because the song used when it aired gave some dramatic heft that was severely reduced in the truncated Netflix version. Intellectual property laws need to catch up with tech.
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This happened to The State - a sketch comedy show that was originally on Mtv. The licensing for the music was tied to Mtv's rights, so when they published the DVD they had to replace the music with sound-alike fakes.
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It happens quite often and goes back years. Here's a good writeup on the legality behind it. https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090910/0306546149.shtml …
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I believe indie films often go for less expensive short term "festival rights" which sometimes means that if they get picked up for distribution, the music might change and end up either less or more like the director's hoped for.
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The original Dragon Ball Z lost the use of a song called Spirit vs. Spirit overseas after it's initial DVD run due to similar issues
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