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Worse things have happened... like inserting ads in old reruns: https://www.slashfilm.com/516453/wtf-zookeeper-advertising-inserted-how-met-mother-reruns/ https

• snthd 4y ago
  and replacing music https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/arts/television/tv-soundtracks-dawsons-creek-freaks-and-geeks.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/arts/television/tv-soundt...
  • dylan604 4y ago
    Music replacements is quite common for licensing purposes, and the fact people think it is shady is what's weird. The shady part is the damn music licensing process.
  • dragonwriter 4y ago
    Having licensing arrangements which fail to anticipate all future potential media and distribution mechanisms for all time until the heat death of the universe (or which, even if they do anticipate some of it, don't want to pay for all future potential media and distribution mechanisms until the heat death of the universe for something that may not have any resale value in a handful of years even on current media) are the cause of this.
  • seanalltogether 4y ago
    Its really unfortunate in the case of Scrubs, the music in that show was practically part of the script.
• dylan604 4y ago
  That kind of stuff really doesn't bother me. I rarely pay attention to anything like that anyways. Also, it is not uncommon, at least for theatrically released features, to have differences between territories not dissimilar to that kind of background object replaced/modified. Small details like that which have no bearing on the plot or affect the viewers take of the content will be changed. These edits help the producers track down which area a leak occurred.