license?

pinehead · 10th July 2004, 18:31

Do you have to have some sort of license to broadcast musci over the net?

deeder7001 · 10th July 2004, 18:38

no. not that i know of. when i had my own internet radio thing i didn't have a licence or anything.

mark · 10th July 2004, 19:17

no, but youre supposed to pay royalies or something.

no-one does. just go ahead.

InvisableMan · 10th July 2004, 19:59

SOMEONE was trying to make it so you needed to pay insane fees for a license... i think it was clearchannel trying to be even more of a monopoly or something.

whiteflip · 10th July 2004, 21:57

http://www.riaa.org/

Coman · 11th July 2004, 06:22

Musical compositions and sound recordings are creative works that are protected by the copyright laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) and other countries. Under U.S. law, the owner of a copyright has the exclusive right to (and to authorize others to) reproduce the work, use parts of the work in a new creation, distribute the work in whole or in part, and to publicly display or perform the work (including on web pages and through webcasting). With few exceptions, it is illegal to reproduce, distribute or broadcast a sound recording without the permission of the copyright owner. It is your responsibility to comply with the copyright laws when you become a webcaster.

There have been recent amendments to the copyright law regarding webcasting of sound recordings. These new provisions allow webcasting under the terms of a statutory license, as a way to help webcasters get permission without having to go to each sound recording's owner. The statutory license, however, has strict requirements that you must follow. Some of these requirements include the payment of license fees, limitations on the number of songs from the same album or artist that may be played in a three hour period (called the sound recording performance complement); a prohibition on publishing advance playlists; and a requirement to identify the song, artist and album on the website. There are other requirements as well. The Recording Industry Association of America provides quite a bit of information on copyright law as it applies to webcasting, and both ASCAP and BMI have created license agreements that they are willing to grant to webcasters that they believe conform to the provisions of the new copyright rules for webcasting. For additional information on the statutory license and other aspects of webcasting, please visit the following sites:

http://www.riaa.com/weblic/weblic.htm
ASCAP
BMI

[edit] i guess 2 of those links don't work anymore.

10th July 2004, 18:31	#1
pinehead Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 13	license? Do you have to have some sort of license to broadcast musci over the net?

10th July 2004, 18:38	#2
deeder7001 Jesus Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 5,457	no. not that i know of. when i had my own internet radio thing i didn't have a licence or anything. There is no sig.

10th July 2004, 21:57	#5
whiteflip Post Master General (Forum King) Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Seattle, Now Las Vegas Posts: 6,032	http://www.riaa.org/ I'm Back?

11th July 2004, 06:22	#6
Coman Punk (Forum King) Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: 4.5th dimension . . Posts: infinitely few Posts: 2,799	Musical compositions and sound recordings are creative works that are protected by the copyright laws of the United States (title 17, U.S. Code) and other countries. Under U.S. law, the owner of a copyright has the exclusive right to (and to authorize others to) reproduce the work, use parts of the work in a new creation, distribute the work in whole or in part, and to publicly display or perform the work (including on web pages and through webcasting). With few exceptions, it is illegal to reproduce, distribute or broadcast a sound recording without the permission of the copyright owner. It is your responsibility to comply with the copyright laws when you become a webcaster. There have been recent amendments to the copyright law regarding webcasting of sound recordings. These new provisions allow webcasting under the terms of a statutory license, as a way to help webcasters get permission without having to go to each sound recording's owner. The statutory license, however, has strict requirements that you must follow. Some of these requirements include the payment of license fees, limitations on the number of songs from the same album or artist that may be played in a three hour period (called the sound recording performance complement); a prohibition on publishing advance playlists; and a requirement to identify the song, artist and album on the website. There are other requirements as well. The Recording Industry Association of America provides quite a bit of information on copyright law as it applies to webcasting, and both ASCAP and BMI have created license agreements that they are willing to grant to webcasters that they believe conform to the provisions of the new copyright rules for webcasting. For additional information on the statutory license and other aspects of webcasting, please visit the following sites: http://www.riaa.com/weblic/weblic.htm ASCAP BMI [edit] i guess 2 of those links don't work anymore. "Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die?"

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode

10th July 2004, 19:17	#3
mark Forum King Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Norn Ir'nd, leek... Posts: 6,287	no, but youre supposed to pay royalies or something. no-one does. just go ahead.

10th July 2004, 19:59	#4
InvisableMan Ninja Master! (Forum King) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Hotel California Posts: 4,325	SOMEONE was trying to make it so you needed to pay insane fees for a license... i think it was clearchannel trying to be even more of a monopoly or something.