This isn't true (as I understand it). You could do this for a radio station or streaming on the web, but you could not do this with ASCAP songs that are immediately down loadable ... my understanding anyway
On 1/31/07, Peter Leppik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You could, at least in theory, buy an ASCAP license. ASCAP is the > organization which grants blanket music licenses to radio stations, > night clubs, etc. This would allow you to legally use just about any > recording in your podcast or vlog. > > The only problem is that ASCAP is really intended for revenue- > generating businesses, and their minimum license is $288/year for > online use. That's a bit pricey for most hobbyists worried about the > miniscule odds of a lawsuit. > > -Peter > > > On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Ron Watson wrote: > > > Ryanne, > > > > What terms are you claiming under mangatune? > > > > I hope you're not using the 'commercial but poor' classification as > > your basis for that usage. The last time I went to look for new music > > at mangatune, there was a clarification on that classification. > > > > I've been cutting my own music as of late. > > > > I really must get better at not allowing music to play in the > > background in our pieces. It is so hard though. We always have > > music on. > > > > Then of course there is the issue of capturing someone's discdog > > routine on video and posting it. One part history and capturing a > > public event and one part copyright. I'd like to think that the > > interests of people (history and public venue) would outweigh the > > interests of profit (copyright), but we all know what's important in > > our society. > > > > I am going to be checking out ccmixter. Maybe I can run into Lucas > > there and apologize for the verbal beating i gave him before I > > understood where he was going (I really got hosed on that email lag - > > totally out of context 24 hours later...). > > > > ron > > > > On Jan 31, 2007, at 2:30 AM, Deirdre Straughan wrote: > > > > > I've used Magnatune, giving credit as they require. But I get very > > > tired of > > > the process of hunting for the right soundtrack. > > > > > > -- > > > best regards, > > > Deirdré Straughan > > > > > > www.beginningwithi.com (personal) > > > www.tvblob.com (work) > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > _____ > Peter U. Leppik > CEO > Vocal Laboratories Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <pleppik%40vocalabs.com> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > -- Richard http://richardhhall.org Shows http://richardshow.org http://inspiredhealing.tv [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
