Re: TV residuals payments

On Jun 6, 1:55 pm, "Enquiring Mind" <no...@m.please> wrote:
> "Nth" <gz.ad...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> > 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.
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> >> 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?
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> > 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)?
>
> What about Johnny Carson's guests on The Tonight Show?
>
> >  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.

Without seeing the specific contract your guess is as good as mine.
Shows like that probably take weeks if not months to hammer out a
guest contract.