Re: TV residuals payments

On Jun 5, 9:45 pm, "Enquiring Mind" <no...@m.please> wrote:
> Tell me how residuals work for TV appearences.
>
> Just suppose that a celebrity psychic appears on TV to
> demonstrate his powers. During the show he gets caught
> cheating. The clip showing him cheating is then repeatedly
> used on other shows.
>
> If I understand right, our friend the phony psychic gets a
> payment every time the clip is shown. Is my understanding
> correct? How much is that payment likely to be?

It depends on the contract the network had him sign before going on
stage. Does it give them exclusive rights (Jerry Springer's guests) or
would he retained partial copyright (bands on SNL)? If its the former
then the network that owned the show would get royalties. With the
later your psychic friend would probably be entitled to royalties.
Your question, I believe, is more about Fair Use related to the media
than contract law and if the news shows can run whatever they want.
They can't. If the clip they want to show would impact the copyright
holder's ability to profit off the original work they have to pay to
use it like everyone else. How much would be up to the artist.