Internet Radio Licences

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madmick
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Internet Radio Licences

Post by madmick »

Just Had it official. You do not require a licence to broadcast from within the Uk.
rude boy
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Post by rude boy »

what about copy wright law?
ie, streaming copywrighted material
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djraptures
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Re: Internet Radio Licences

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madmick wrote:Just Had it official. You do not require a licence to broadcast from within the Uk.
I think you do...

check out http://www.prs.co.uk and http://www.mcps.co.uk - They do a joint license which covers both broadcasting fees and copy right fees.

If your broadcast is UK based you come under the affect of the PRS and MCPS, regardless of where your servers are located. So paying people like audio realm, swcast.net etc is pointless as they pay fees to american based groups (ASCAP, BMI, SoundExchange and so on).

This page may be of interest: http://www.mcps.co.uk/DocsRepository/3206/
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Post by chance »

what about in the states?
curious about starting radio
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Post by webranger »

BMI, ASCAP and SESAC (bmi.com, ascap.com sesac.com) each want between 2 and 3 hundred bucks for the rights to use the music scores underlying the recordings. To use the actual music is about some cents a song, and some money for talk and stuff, that license comes from Soundexchange (which radio broadcasters don't have to pay).

James Bond movies come to mind "We expect you die Mr. Bond". What this boils down to is about $1000 for 5 average listeners and is RIAA's way of killing internet broadcasters. If you have been broadcasting licensed music, you can be expected to pay in arrears or possibly get sued.

Your other choice is to make arrangements with the actual owner of these copyrights or to use public domain materials. I think that's why we see a lot of Rave mix stations, because Sony and it's friends don't own it.

Have fun.

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