In Australia this is legal provided that rights are paid to APRA (Australian Performing Rights Assoc.) like the RIAA in the USA.
Last I checked the rates were about AU$50/line/year for music on hold (of ANY kind) -Bryan > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Chris Albertson > Sent: Friday, 19 September 2003 2:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] Radio for Music on Hold? > > > > You can't legally do this. At least no here in the > US. > The music being bradcast by the station may not > legally be re-broadcast. Yes many people do this and > yess thay also download copywritten MP3 files. > > Call any radio station and ASK THEM if it is OK don't > trust some e-mail list. Who knows maybe they won't > care what you do but they do have to pay for the > rights to broadcast music and teir payment does > notcover re-broadcast. > > Tell your client that some callers put on hold may > know about the above and "radio on hold" would make > the company look at best ignorent. > > Yesterday I called a company, was put on hold and > heard the local govenment weather radio broadcast. > This was smart and legal too. > > > > > I have a client who is interested in using a > > radio for the music on > > hold, since that is what they did with their old > > phone system. > > > ===== > Chris Albertson > Home: 310-376-1029 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cell: 310-990-7550 > Office: 310-336-5189 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > KG6OMK > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
