>>85845257They HAVE TO be adamant about written permission, because what are essentially verbal agreements are NOT legally binding
Any company could rescind their blanket permissioning on their websites at any time and then fuck you in the ass
The written contract prevents from from doing this
Now, blanket perms from large publishers in writing IS a good idea, however the publisher can ALSO add any stipulation they want, like FromSoft forcing all permissions to be individually requested and ONLY for specific days requested that MUST be filed weeks in advance
You have no idea just how FUCKED and draconian copyright law is, in no small part thanks to that disgusting slime at Disney
SPEAKING OF DISNEY
They can slam your channel for DARING to sing one of their songs in an unarchived