I have done this in the past and I don't recall ever finding any "popular" music by "popular" artist.
For example, if I wanted to play oh I don't know an original song performed by the original artist such as Nora Jones or The Beatles will I find this sort of thing at a Royalty Free Site? On 7/31/07, john beaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just Google for: royalty free music, and will find plenty of sites that will > serve your needs. > > > > John Beaman > Telecom Specialist > Voice Telecommunications Services Department. > Good Samaritan National Campus > 605-362-3331 > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7/31/2007 12:49:45 PM >>> > So is there a simple way to license decent, up to date music? Can I > just go to a website, click a buy button, pay my money and download > the song? > > It seems idiotic that you need 15 lawyers and a million bucks use > decent on hold music. > > Maybe I just don't know the procedure. > > I am all for paying the license fees and doing it right but they sure > don't make it easy to give them money. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > On 7/31/07, Deepak Naidu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks Jared, Yes I am using with Asterisk only. So I am using the inbuilt > > music from Asterisk for onhold. > > > > -- > > Deepak > > > > > > Jared Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 06:36 +0100, Deepak Naidu wrote: > > > I think we need to pay for the later, but I am not sure if we need to > > > pay for the inbuilt asterisk(freepbx) on hold music. > > > > I'm no lawyer, but here's what I understand. (Please consult with an > > attorney in your area, and don't consider this legal advice.) > > > > The hold music that comes with Asterisk is provided by Digium under > > license from Freeplay Music Corporation for use in conjunction > > with the Asterisk software only. It's my understanding that you don't > > have to pay any kind of royalties to use it, as long as you're using it > > with Asterisk. > > > > You *do* have to pay royalties on music (or MP3 files) by commercial > > artists. These royalties vary by country. Using commercial music as > > hold music is considered broadcasting the music, which requires > > different licensing arrangements with the copyright holder. In the > > United States, you can buy a license from ASCAP (the American Society of > > Composers, Authors, and Publishers) to be able to broadcast music from > > the major record labels. > > > > There are also several other places you can get royalty-free music for > > hold music. I've had good luck looking online, especially at sites like > > MagnaTune. > > > > > > > > -- > > Jared Smith > > Community Relations Manager > > Digium, Inc. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up > > for your free account today. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > > > asterisk-users mailing list > > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > ------------------------------------------------- > > This email transmission and any documents, files or previous > > email messages attached to it may contain information that is > > confidential or legally privileged. If you are not the intended > > recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, > > printing, distributing or use of this transmission is strictly > > prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, > > please immediately notify the sender by telephone or return > > email and delete the original transmission and its attachments > > without reading or saving in any manner. > > > > The Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
