i’ve been hankerin’ to start my own radio station. on the internet, of course. but, right when i was just about ready to give it a go, webcasting: doing it legally made me a little jumpy:
“If you want to operate an internet radio station legally, you need to do these things:
- Follow the play limits and other restrictions on content
mentioned in the DMCA, and summarized above;- Fill out the licensing forms from
ASCAP,
BMI, and
SESAC,
and send each of them at least a couple hundred dollars a year;- Fill out the webcasting licensing
form for
RIAA,
and expect them to start hitting you with a large bill some time
next year.”
i think, though, if i want to forego the licensing fees, i can use a service like live365.com or myplay, although i think i need to do some decision trees and flowcharting to understand the play limits and restrictions.