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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 downloa

• 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.
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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.