A lot gets posted here re the technical aspects of Part 15 radio, but little about actual programming. And no one is going to listen to your radio station or internet stream without programming.
A lot gets posted here re the technical aspects of Part 15 radio, but little about actual programming. And no one is going to listen to your radio station or internet stream without programming.
I’m excited, because Artisan Radio has recently launched a new show – Teenage Dreams. It features music from the late 1950s and early 1960s that was directly specifically towards teenagers. While we play some of the standards of the genre, we really try to play mostly lesser known music, either by obscure artists, or the chart misses by well known ones. The show can be listened to in real time Mondays at 1pm Pacific Time, and it’s repeated at the same time Saturdays and Sundays. Plus, you can listen to past shows in our archives (http://www.artisanradio.com/archive.htm) – we’re a little behind in putting up the shows on that page, but there are still a few there.
And that’s not all! We’re launching a new radio stream shortly – featuring the music of Cliff Richard and Friends 24/7 (it’s running in test mode as I type this).
Just Curious
How do you handle music licensing?
I’ve always stuck with Talk shows and Indie music to avoid that issue but I notice plenty of shows out there, new and old music.
If you license for broadcast on your station, are you permitted to make these available as such? Seems like it falls into the category of online sharing which they take little kids to court over.
I think the show is GREAT! Just curious about the legalities.
Licensing in Canada (the
Licensing in Canada (the location of the station) is different than that of the U.S. For Part 15 stations such as Artisan Radio (we’re actually called Low Power Announce Systems), which are considered non commercial, the fees are 1.9% of gross operating costs, which in most cases, including ours, are pretty low. If you include your Internet related costs in that calculation, then you are allowed to stream the music over the Internet. We stream in both real time and on demand through the Archives page (you may have noticed that the Archives page does not allow you to download individual song files, it just streams them to your computer through HTTP). Rates are much, much higher for commercial stations (generally so many cents per song per play).
The licensing body here is called SOCAN, and they have reciprocal arrangements with all major copyright holders throughout the world – we can play anything that is controlled by those bodies (this generally excludes only independents – for those, we need to obtain permission to play on an individual basis). And of course, we can play public domain material (we do a lot of that as well, such as Old Time Radio, vintage Jazz, etc)
Of course, this only applies to Canada.
So, They Owe Me?
Being that like most of us, my station is non-commercial, non-profit.
If I figure this right, my cash flow produces a negative profit when you consider utilities, office space, media, equipment and so on.
So they owe me. Right?
But seriously, making your program material available, can someone else “rebroadcast” it, such as an affiliate, without obtaining license? I think I’ve been here before.
Tread Lightly
“Of course, this only applies to Canada.”
Really? I would make sure the “I”‘s are dotted and “T”‘s crossed because if they can extradite a UK citizen to the US for copyright violations, Canada is no exception. With how things are developing, would not surprise me they extradite someone for sneezing downwind from up north.
RFB
RFB – that instance is
RFB – that instance is totally different. Since reciprocal agreements have been signed between SOCAN and the various licensing bodies in the U.S., there is no copyright infringement in either Canada or the U.S. by definition. In the link you provided, while I agree that it’s rediculous, what that web site was doing WAS illegal in the U.S. I don’t think it would fly in any event.
Where’s The Difference?
That fella they want to extradite had nothing on his site that was illegal. He simply had links that pointed to sites with the content. Yet instead of going after those site owners with the illegal content, they go after the guy that had nothing but links.
I don’t think its all that different AR. After all, they call people racist for just disagreeing with a sitting goon’s policies.
Nothing is what it seems anymore. CYA.
RFB
MRAM, no, you would not be
MRAM, no, you would not be allowed to rebroadcast that material, at least legally, in Canada. From my understanding of the laws in the U.S., you couldn’t do it there either. But copyright law in other countries varies tremendously, and who knows – there may be someplace in the world you can do it. Although, as RFB points out, ‘they’ might go after you, no matter where you are.
I’m Just Listening…
Well, I won’t go down this road about sharing material on the internet being illegal mainly because I think your shows are great and I enjoy listening.
I’ll just sit in the closet an listen quietly.