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Old October 9th 05, 09:50 PM
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On 9 Oct 2005 00:59:42 GMT, "Jen Grier" wrote:

I'm the technician for WRMC, Moravian's intranet-only (only on campus)
streaming broadcast radio station. We'd like to go Internet-wide, but the
FCC site is quite confusing. Anyone have experience with the licensing
involved in the change? The technology end is ready, but I wouldn't want to
unleash us against the law, you know? We don't have any other licenses that
I know of at this time. Thank you for your input!


Forgive me, if I'm one of a hundred replies here...

You don't need a license to stream on the Internet. The FCC does not
regulate streaming audio.

What you WILL need is clearance from various rights groups, such as
the recording industry licensers (BMI, ASCAP, SESAC). That'll likely
cost the college money, for any copyrighted music that your station
streams.

You may also need to talk to these folks:

http://www.soundexchange.com/faq.html

The following PDF file would seem to explain it...check near the
bottom of page four for your situation:

http://www.kurthanson.com/internet-radio-handout5-1.pdf

But I'd definitely go through your college's faculty advisor, and
through any NCE/college radio organization to which your over-air
station belongs...

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Old October 9th 05, 09:50 PM
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"Jen Grier" wrote in message
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Hello everyone!
I'm the technician for WRMC, Moravian's intranet-only (only on campus)
streaming broadcast radio station. We'd like to go Internet-wide, but the
FCC site is quite confusing. Anyone have experience with the licensing
involved in the change? The technology end is ready, but I wouldn't want
to
unleash us against the law, you know? We don't have any other licenses
that
I know of at this time. Thank you for your input!

- Jen Grier
WRMC Technician


license? license?! we don't need no stinking license!

the only license you need for internet broadcasting is the permission to use
the content that you are streaming. if this is music it means you need to
pay the appropriate per song royalties to the proper organization, which i
understand can be quite expensive. if its locally generated content you
should be good to go.



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Old October 9th 05, 09:51 PM
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If you're not going to emit any RF into the air, the FCC is not gonna
care. The RIAA, ASCAP and BMI may shake you down for fees to play
music on the Internet, though...


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Old October 9th 05, 09:51 PM
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I don't think you need to worry about the FCC, but you may have some
music licensing to deal with. ASCAP, BMI etc.


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Jen Grier wrote:

I'm the technician for WRMC, Moravian's intranet-only (only on campus)
streaming broadcast radio station. We'd like to go Internet-wide, but the
FCC site is quite confusing. Anyone have experience with the licensing
involved in the change? The technology end is ready, but I wouldn't want to
unleash us against the law, you know? We don't have any other licenses that
I know of at this time. Thank you for your input!


You don't need an FCC license. You DO need licenses from the copyright
holders, but that is true of your current setup as well as a net-wide setup.




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Old October 9th 05, 09:51 PM
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On 9 Oct 2005 00:59:42 GMT, Jen Grier wrote:

I'm the technician for WRMC, Moravian's intranet-only (only on campus)
streaming broadcast radio station. We'd like to go Internet-wide, but the
FCC site is quite confusing. Anyone have experience with the licensing
involved in the change?


There is no FCC license required for internet "broadcasts" at the
present time. Stream away......

--
73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane



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Old October 9th 05, 09:51 PM
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there is no licensing for Internet radio
Todd N9OGL


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