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Originally Posted by Chavo Classic
Why wouldn't ECW pay royalties? Especially when releasing DVDs and compilation CDs into the mainstream market.
This is only my theory because the DVDs released after ECW's collapse in early 2001 featured none of the original entrance themes and were replaced by themes which I can only imagine were composed by someone within ECW (witness Guilty as Charged 2001, and Massacre of 34th Street)
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Prior to ECW getting on TV, they were under the radar. Indy feds use real music all the time, and they don't pay royalties.
When ECW started releasing DVDs through a 3rd party, as opposed to the tapes they marketed themselves, that's when they started censoring the music. It's a safe assumption that the distributor told them to do it to cover their ass.
Also, the whole "Extreme Music" with Motorhead cover Metallica, and random bands covering other songs (Kilgore doing Walk, etc) happened after they went on TV. This was an obvious attempt to keep the same music, without having to pay royalties to the bands. By remaking songs, they covered their asses pretty well.