Shing Guang Bang Documentary, song copyrights costing $1 000 000

Film, “Shing Guang Legend” <星光傳奇>, in order to use the songs Shing Guang Bang sang during the competition spent millions to purchase copyrights.

The documentary “Shing Guang Legend” <星光傳奇> that has Shing Guang Bang as the topic, with everything included has invested approximately 7 to 8 million. This includes buying song copyrights, which actually alone spent near one million, giving the film company a lot of troubles and having a lingering fear.

Usually, in a film, any song that appears has to have copyrights purchased. “Shing Guang Legend” <星光傳奇> used competition songs as subject, in the film as much as 40 songs were used. Aside from the songs that became famous because of “One Million Stars” <超級星光大道>, ‘Bai Pan’ (Betrayal) and other songs, some songs only appear for one line but they still have to obediently buy the copyrights. Even more, lyrics and songs are sold separately. The song Jane Huang Mei Jen sang, ‘Kan Ching’ (Seeing Clear), because it appears both in the promotion clip as well as in the film has to count for twice the money. Rachel Liang Wen Ing sang an English song which was even more troublesome because it required permission from overseas and complex procedures to get copyrights. Some songs are even still in the process of discussing copyright issues. Looking at how the film schedules to come on the 18th, one can tell how much the film executive is burning with impatience.

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