Another thing to consider is that the original artists often have no say as to whether there work is used for commercials. It depends on who owns the rights at this point. Remember when the formerly black singer Michael Jackson bought the Beatles catalog ? That's when songs like Revolution and Get Back started to be used in commercials.
And he got them even though Paul McCarney (not exactly a poor kid anymore) owns the rights to a huge number of songs.
The artists hopefully get a piece of the profit for doing the performance, but they don't neccesarily have a say on where and when it is played.
And he got them even though Paul McCarney (not exactly a poor kid anymore) owns the rights to a huge number of songs.
The artists hopefully get a piece of the profit for doing the performance, but they don't neccesarily have a say on where and when it is played.