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Importantly, it also plays Weather Channel-esque background music.

jazzyjackson 1y ago
Thanks for mentioning that, had me digging around for where I can find the music. The youtube link lead me to the project's hackaday log, which is extremely detailed but lacks any mention of music [0] The submission link's github page [1] links to a website listing all the tracks that ever played [2], explaining they dropped the music from the project so as not to deal with copyright claims. too bad fair use isn't clear enough to apply here, I think its a relatively transformative use and doesn't compete with the original. [0] https://hackaday.io/project/178144-reverse-engineering-the-weather-star-4000#j-discussions-title https://hackaday.io/project/178144-reverse-engineering-the-w... [1] https://github.com/netbymatt/ws4kp https://github.com/netbymatt/ws4kp [2] https://twcclassics.com/audio/artists.html https://twcclassics.com/audio/artists.html
- dylan604 1y ago
  why would fair use be at play here? TWC would have paid a license fee through ASCAP or whomever for the rights to broadcast that music. They didn't just download a bunch of mp3 files from Napster and try to disrupt broadcasting.
  - jazzyjackson 1y ago
    You're right, of course. I guess I just put a lot of weight on the charm of keeping old things running, and think there's value to the public in allowing free use of music, particularly for non-commercial/educational purposes.
    - deleted 1y ago
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    - theklub 1y ago
      Not sure if you are aware but the weather Channel sold music CDs I have one.
      - rubit_xxx17 1y ago
        Can also stream it at Internet archive: https://archive.org/details/WeatherChannelMusic https://archive.org/details/WeatherChannelMusic https://archive.org/details/weatherscancompletecollection https://archive.org/details/weatherscancompletecollection https://archive.org/details/lfset1 https://archive.org/details/lfset1 https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-the-best-of-smooth-jazz-full-album https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-the... https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-smooth-jazz-ii-cd-rip https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-smo... https://archive.org/details/weatherscanlocalmusic https://archive.org/details/weatherscanlocalmusic YouTube has a few TWC playlists: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMUZjd023YBtp0iB962Uz7ao4vd6pkU5E https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMUZjd023YBtp0iB962Uz... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyTo0ex76Q&list=PL2UoJXK3rrpequLFAIi162j8fjOlxK6iE&pp=iAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyTo0ex76Q&list=PL2UoJXK3rr... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGd-cx-dXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGd-cx-dXc It’s on Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/retroweatherchannel?desktop-redirect=true https://m.twitch.tv/retroweatherchannel?desktop-redirect=tru... There’s a nice Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WEViIh23PGbLqGbjYNAZz https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WEViIh23PGbLqGbjYNAZz And the site dedicated to it mentioned earlier in the thread has some recordings: https://twcclassics.com/ https://twcclassics.com/
      - bookofjoe 1y ago
        Many for sale here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Weather+Channel+Music+CD&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Weather+Channel+Music+C...
  - burnte 1y ago
    They would have had it custom commissioned so they didn't have to pay royalties.
insaneirish 1y ago
> Importantly, it also plays Weather Channel-esque background music. Which has its own sort of funny subculture. One is Phish fans unexpectedly hearing what was decidedly not publicly common music being aired on the Weather Channel: https://jambands.com/features/2002/07/24/guyute-and-your-local-forecast-the-story-behind-phish-on-the-weather-channel/ https://jambands.com/features/2002/07/24/guyute-and-your-loc... Fast forward 20ish years and a similar thing happened with Fox Sports interludes: https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/12/17/fox-producer-who-got-the-nfl-to-jam https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/12/17/fox-producer-who-got-the-n...

Thanks for mentioning that, had me digging around for where I can find the music. The youtube link lead me to the project's hackaday log, which is extremely detailed but lacks any mention of music [0] The submission link's github page [1] links to a website listing all the tracks that ever played [2], explaining they dropped the music from the project so as not to deal with copyright claims. too bad fair use isn't clear enough to apply here, I think its a relatively transformative use and doesn't compete with the original. [0] https://hackaday.io/project/178144-reverse-engineering-the-weather-star-4000#j-discussions-title https://hackaday.io/project/178144-reverse-engineering-the-w... [1] https://github.com/netbymatt/ws4kp https://github.com/netbymatt/ws4kp [2] https://twcclassics.com/audio/artists.html https://twcclassics.com/audio/artists.html

dylan604 1y ago
why would fair use be at play here? TWC would have paid a license fee through ASCAP or whomever for the rights to broadcast that music. They didn't just download a bunch of mp3 files from Napster and try to disrupt broadcasting.
- jazzyjackson 1y ago
  You're right, of course. I guess I just put a lot of weight on the charm of keeping old things running, and think there's value to the public in allowing free use of music, particularly for non-commercial/educational purposes.
  - deleted 1y ago
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  - theklub 1y ago
    Not sure if you are aware but the weather Channel sold music CDs I have one.
    - rubit_xxx17 1y ago
      Can also stream it at Internet archive: https://archive.org/details/WeatherChannelMusic https://archive.org/details/WeatherChannelMusic https://archive.org/details/weatherscancompletecollection https://archive.org/details/weatherscancompletecollection https://archive.org/details/lfset1 https://archive.org/details/lfset1 https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-the-best-of-smooth-jazz-full-album https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-the... https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-smooth-jazz-ii-cd-rip https://archive.org/details/the-weather-channel-presents-smo... https://archive.org/details/weatherscanlocalmusic https://archive.org/details/weatherscanlocalmusic YouTube has a few TWC playlists: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMUZjd023YBtp0iB962Uz7ao4vd6pkU5E https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMUZjd023YBtp0iB962Uz... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyTo0ex76Q&list=PL2UoJXK3rrpequLFAIi162j8fjOlxK6iE&pp=iAQB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYyTo0ex76Q&list=PL2UoJXK3rr... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGd-cx-dXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmGd-cx-dXc It’s on Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/retroweatherchannel?desktop-redirect=true https://m.twitch.tv/retroweatherchannel?desktop-redirect=tru... There’s a nice Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WEViIh23PGbLqGbjYNAZz https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0WEViIh23PGbLqGbjYNAZz And the site dedicated to it mentioned earlier in the thread has some recordings: https://twcclassics.com/ https://twcclassics.com/
    - bookofjoe 1y ago
      Many for sale here: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Weather+Channel+Music+CD&_sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p4432023.m570.l1313 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Weather+Channel+Music+C...
- burnte 1y ago
  They would have had it custom commissioned so they didn't have to pay royalties.

insaneirish 1y ago

> Importantly, it also plays Weather Channel-esque background music. Which has its own sort of funny subculture. One is Phish fans unexpectedly hearing what was decidedly not publicly common music being aired on the Weather Channel: https://jambands.com/features/2002/07/24/guyute-and-your-local-forecast-the-story-behind-phish-on-the-weather-channel/ https://jambands.com/features/2002/07/24/guyute-and-your-loc... Fast forward 20ish years and a similar thing happened with Fox Sports interludes: https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/12/17/fox-producer-who-got-the-nfl-to-jam https://www.si.com/nfl/2020/12/17/fox-producer-who-got-the-n...