Music-bar Radio

[Tony Scharf]

The biggest issue and stumbling block is the really stupid
ASCAP/BMI/SOCAM licensing crap.  We looked into it (a friend of mine
and I wanted to do a podcast) and to do it legally you had to pay
royalties. EVEN IF YOU HAD NO ASCAP MEMBERS IN YOUR PLAYLIST!!! I
havnt looked into it recently, but I doubt the rules have gotten less
restrictive over time.

About the only time you can legally broadcast tracks in this way
(podcast or netcast) is to play your own and no one elses.  Even then,
the rules are a bit murky.

Not to rain on anyones parade here, but before we put anything on a
public server, we should check out what the compliance requirements
are.  From my old Carbon Haze days, I am actually an ASCAP member, so
I know my tracks would either not be playable on the the bar's
broadcast, or someone would have to pay them their annual due.

btw: we figured to stay in compliance with all the rules, even as a
non-commercial broadcaster (we wanted to do this for free initially)
it could cost about $1000 per year for the licensing and royalties.
We havnt moved forward, because not all the parties involved could
commit to paying an equal portion.

Tony

On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 4:06 AM, Gert van Santen <g.vansanten at chello.nl> wrote:
> Bill Fox schreef:
>> Gert van Santen wrote:
>>> Romain / rXg schreef:
>>>
>>>> This news  make my day !!!!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>> Would be cool. I don't have much time, but I sure would like to
>>> make some musical contributions :-)
>>>
>>>
>> Until music-bar radio comes into existence, why not broadcast on
>> http://radio.electro-music.com like I do?  Every Saturday at 6 pm EST
>> (UTC-5), Howard Moscovitz and I do a concert called Chez Mosc (because
>> we do it from Howard's home).  If you're in our area (like Gert has
>> been), you're invited to join us.  Since our concert is midnight in
>> western Europe, there are ample opportunities for you to broadcast on
>> electro-music earlier in the day that you could take advantage of.
>>
>> All the information you need is on http://radio.electro-music.com
>> including links to listen and to chat on-line.  Howard uses Edcast to
>> send our signal to the server.
>>
>
> Have to go now, but I'll definitely check this out. Will start
> visiting electro-musci.com again as well :-)
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