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Bill Blomgren wrote in message ...
On 4 May 2004 16:48:49 GMT, (G) wrote: - How to protect myself against the possibility of someone sending me copyrighted music, not belonging to them, but pretending it does? It is obviously impossible to check that such or such song was not actually recorded or written by someone else... Err.. Guaranteeing that so that you don't have to pay fees will be an interesting task. But then that's why Insurance gets sold. Getting covered for this type of liability might be a problem, of course. Are you prepared to lose your house and car if someone sues? My, my. Sounds like a big risk for a non-profit, cultural project. Although, not living in the States, I might be partially spared from this type of danger (?) If someone lifted someone else's music, a contract with the artist wouldn't protect you. And how much bandwidth are you preparing to buy? a T1 will support about 30 50kbps streams. Actually less since there is other overhead involved. They go for between $500 and $1800 a month, depending on which ISP and phone company you have and how far you are from the CO. Or you could go for a t3 (about 3 T1s) for about 90-100 streams that wide. Or if you want something a tad better sounding, cut those figures significantly. Well actually it's not about "streaming". I used the term "radio" in a broad sense: the idea is to make MP3 files of the program available on a website which also houses an internet lit mag. Would that change anything rights and risks? ASCAP and BMI might still come after you looking for infringements. I cut a CD for a trombone quintet at a college north of Charlotte. They were going to use the recording as a fund raiser. It was all Black Spirituals, arranged for that group. Guess what they found after the fact. One of the pieces that they thought was public domain wasn't... They ended up paying rights after the fact big time. ouch! Thanks for the info. I'd better think more than twice then. Guillaume. |
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