It's not so much a matter of sending anyone money as knowing what you may be held liable for.
I may not feel any moral obligation to send money for playing music on hold, but that does not mean that I don't want to be well-informed on the matter, so that I can correctly advise my customers. Leaving the "legal stuff" to "the people who know" does not sound like a solid strategy to me. By the time they get involved, it's often too late. Ignorance of the law is not innocence. We can (and perhaps even should) be willing to debate our various opinions on the matter, but the fact remains that you, your customers, and anyone else who wishes to play music on hold is expected by SOCAN, who represents the copyright holders, to pay royalties. Whether we SHOULD or not is an entirely different matter, ripe for debate. Jim. -- Jim Van Meggelen [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/2177 "A child is the ultimate startup, and I have three. This makes me rich." Guy Kawasaki -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Henry Coleman [VoIP-PBX.ca] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: February 9, 2006 12:50 PM > To: TAUG > Subject: Re: [on-asterisk] Music libaray > > If you want to send money to some organization to avoid being > prosecuted for "Illegal use of an unregistered Music on > Hold" then go ahead. > But who is going to ? > If the station itself tells me that it's fine that's good > enough for me! > With a radio broadcast there is the expectation that it will > be freely available to the general public. > otherwise I would have to get a licence from the radio > station before I turned on my radio at the beach ( just in > case someone might overhear it ). > So lets get real...The advertisers pay the radio stations to > reach the > public. MOH does this( in a very small way). > Lets leave this legal stuff to the people who know. > > Henry > > John Lange wrote: > > >It should be pointed out that whether you are using a radio or or a > >streaming music source, NEITHER of these methods is "royalty > free". You > >must buy a license from SOCAN. The stations themselves may also > >prohibit this use. > > > >http://www.socan.ca/ > > > >Of course this also applies to playing CDs. > > > >The last time I checked the licenses are cheap though. > > > > > > > > -- > > Henry L. Coleman > > www.voip-pbx.ca <http://www.voip-pbx.ca> > > 1 866 415 5355 > > "The Future Is Not What It Used To Be" > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.3/254 - Release > Date: 08/02/2006 > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.15.3/254 - Release Date: 08/02/2006
