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It's called Ex-Post-Facto. Latin for "from a thing done afterward." Ex post facto is most typically used to refer to a law that applies retroactively, thereby criminalizing conduct that was legal when originally performed.
Meaning, if you didn't do anything about it at the time, you can't say anything in the future.
The question is, did the "Sing Along With Mitch" show pay the Sync Rights?
The following has nothing to do with Music, but, it can sure enlighten one as to what can happen if you don't NIP something in the BUD.
I remember watching an episode of the People's Court (Judge Wapner) where a home was sold to an unknowing Buyer that, after buying the home, observered that High School kids were using his yard as a Short-Cut to School. The new Homeowner put up a fence to eliminate the Short-Cut. He was, subsequently, sued to have the fence removed in order to have the Short-Cut restored.
The Judge ruled that, since the Short-Cut was used for several years and nothing was done, prior, to prevent the kids from using it, the Short-Cut became an established "Community" path.
The new Homeowner was ordered to remove the fence and to allow the Community to use the Short-Cut.
Norm
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