[icecast] Legal issues

Michael H. Collins mike at linuxlink.com
Thu Apr 22 13:47:39 UTC 2004



> However, doing something "live" and probably "underground" means that 
> you don't have that infrastructure, and you are probably not going to be 
> playing the big money FM radio hit singles either.  Therefore you 
> probably have nothing to worry about.
> 
> I think the letter of the law is that we all must compute and pay the 
> royalties.   The real-world actuality is that most of us are "below 
> radar" for the time being.
> 
Or get the artists to sign something to the effect that they want to be 
streamed.  That is what we do for SXSW.


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