Fans pour out hearts in rah-rah requiem over loss of HNIC song

I think maybe another hockey league should adopt the song.


sorry, thats not what I meant.
Another station should adopt it.

To piss who off? The CBC? They are the ones trying to get permission. It's not like they just sat on their hands and did nothing.

I guess whose fault it is depends on what people think the song is worth.

Perhaps. According to many articles I've read, including the CBC one, they offered her a six figure sum to purchase the song outright. Considering the 40 years of use and the amount of money that must have made her I think that is more than fair. I'll bet song writers that have penned some of the most famous pop songs in history won't make as much money as that song has made her.

Perhaps. According to many articles I've read, including the CBC one, they offered her a six figure sum to purchase the song outright. Considering the 40 years of use and the amount of money that must have made her I think that is more than fair. I'll bet song writers that have penned some of the most famous pop songs in history won't make as much money as that song has made her.

I guess so, but they offered her 6 figures, say 100000, and then they own it forever.
Is it better that a corporation own it or a family?

Well they said high six figures so I would assume that's more than 100,000. I think you question has already been answered, if the corporation owned it we would possibly still be listening to it next year.

You may be right. I doubt the CBC will be charging us to hear it.
Somehow it just irks me that they would own the rights.

I said he be right;)
Ms. Claman probably feels as much a part of Hockey Night in Canada as the CBC who produce the show.
It almost seems to me that the song belongs more to Canadians then to either Ms. Claman or the CBC, it has been a part of our culture for so long.
How much is it costing the CBC at 500$ a pop to use the song anyway? How often is it played? If the difference between what they offered her and what she wants is relatively negligible, then it seems more a pissing match then a price tag.
One which the CBC will win if she doesn't sell. They will just put something else on in its place, and it will gradually fade to a "remember when?" Being a corporation and not a person, they have the time to wait out the ill feelings.

I agree with most of what you've said, and in the end if they don't use the old music anymore she loses out anyway. The market for that song at 500 a pop is limited only to the CBC. Without them her song will fade away like you said, and she will make nothing.

Thanks for pointing out something that no one is disputing.

Your math is off.