> I don't know (don't use ices) but I thought I should inform you.. taking > user requests may cause you to violate the RIAA rules regarding that topic, > depending on how you handle it. Be careful. ;)Again, in Spain there is no rule in this sense... I mean, a normal air-FM/AM station can receive a call for a song and play it inmediately. What happens if this spanish station broadcasts its content to internet and a US listener listens to that station? Would it be violation? If a song is even made by a US artist but the promo CD is given to the spanish station by a record company in spain who bought the rights to control the copies in spain, what happens then? I'm quite confused on where start and where end the authority of an entity when the channel is spreading all over the world. If any one knows, please post. Xavi. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
> Again, in Spain there is no rule in this sense... I mean, a normal > air-FM/AM station can receive a call for a song and play it > inmediately.Yes. In the US as well. But not an INTERNET station. The rules are different if you broadcast over AM/FM than if you broadcast over IP.> What happens if this spanish station broadcasts its content to internet > and a US listener listens to that station? Would it be violation?That's why they were exempted from the rules. Rebroadcasts of AM/FM stations aren't subject to the rules. Although they may be subject to them these days. I have no idea, really.> If a song is even made by a US artist but the promo CD is given > to the spanish station by a record company in spain who bought the > rights to control the copies in spain, what happens then?US laws don't cross borders. You don't have to care if you are offshore. But, the EU and Spain probably have their own laws. I've hear that the laws are particularly harsh in France for Internet radio, although I have no idea.> I'm quite confused on where start and where end the authority of > an entity when the channel is spreading all over the world.Broadcasts originating in america are subject to US law. I don't think US law governs broadcasts from spain, tradidional, internet, or otherwise. jack. --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.
> Broadcasts originating in america are subject to US law. I don't think > US law governs broadcasts from spain, tradidional, internet, or > otherwise. >Correct. That's why the people I know who are truly comitted to webcasting plan to simply move their operations offshore if sanity does not prevail. -bg --- >8 ---- List archives: http://www.xiph.org/archives/ icecast project homepage: http://www.icecast.org/ To unsubscribe from this list, send a message to 'icecast-request@xiph.org' containing only the word 'unsubscribe' in the body. No subject is needed. Unsubscribe messages sent to the list will be ignored/filtered.