Hi! anybody knows where can i find some info about the legality of do a streaming of copyrighted music? can i make a audio stream with my legaly-brought music from my home to listen into my workplace? can i open it to the world? what are the legal terms that applies the thousands of internet radio broadcasts that exists on the net? if anybody knows the answers, or where i can find it, i will be regarded. thanks ferran
Ferran, We can help you comply with copyright law, but we don't yet have integrated support for Icecast (coming soon), but we do have an API if you are willing to do a small amount of coding. Brandon LoudCity http://www.loudcity.net ferran fabregas wrote:>Hi! anybody knows where can i find some info about the legality of do >a streaming of copyrighted music? can i make a audio stream with my >legaly-brought music from my home to listen into my workplace? can i >open it to the world? > >what are the legal terms that applies the thousands of internet radio >broadcasts that exists on the net? > >if anybody knows the answers, or where i can find it, i will be regarded. > >thanks > >ferran >_______________________________________________ >Icecast mailing list >Icecast@xiph.org >http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast > > >
On 05/05/05, ferran fabregas <ferranf@gmail.com> wrote:> Hi! anybody knows where can i find some info about the legality of do > a streaming of copyrighted music?It depends which country you're in. If you tell us where you live, perhaps someone from that country can advise... My answers below are definitely correct for the UK, and are probably not too far out for other European countries or for USA (?).> can i make a audio stream with my > legaly-brought music from my home to listen into my workplace?No.> can i > open it to the world?No.> what are the legal terms that applies the thousands of internet radio > broadcasts that exists on the net?The legal ones (remember there are plenty which are illegal!) often achieve legality by paying an ongoing fee to a society such as the MCPS / PRS (these are the UK bodies) to be allowed to play most commercially-available music. An alternative way to stay legal is only to play music which is licensed under (e.g.) Creative Commons licensing, which typically allows broadcasting, or music for which you've secured the rights individually. Best, Dan