Mike McKenna wrote:
So -- someone is going to take some private citizen to court --
because he or she "broadcasts" or Streams" his or her favorite radion
station over the internet -- for no fee. Yes, it may be a viloation.
But it would harm ASCAP, BMI and others MORE -- by taking private
citizens to court. Would the general public be fined for singing
"God Blees America" and "take me out to the balll game" as a "piublic
preformance" at every ball game. Would they be required to pay a
fine or fee before any fan could leave the stadium?? You failed to
answer my question. Can anyone just locate such a site?
The ballpark itself pays (and pays handsomely) to ASCAP/BMI for the
rights to play music there, and you'd better believe the rights police
would come after them if they didn't.
True, it's unlikely that anyone will come after an individual for
running a truly private stream for their own enjoyment. But as soon as
they start promoting it to the public (and yes, I found the
Kingsradio/KZPO feed in about a second and a half on Google), all bets
are off, especially if the station itself takes any kind of active role
in promoting the existence of the feed.
The fact remains, we're talking about very, very small niches here. Even
a private citizen with moderately deep pockets can't afford to support
more than a couple of hundred listeners at a time. Start scaling up
beyond that, and you're talking about real money. Broadcasting, whether
traditional analog or some form of digital, scales up much better when
you get past the thousand-listener stage.
s
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