Re: webcast question

[Aaron Read <aread@speakeasy.net>]

At 09:26 AM 3/31/2003 -0800, Cooper Fox wrote:
>I am not up on my webcasting law, but...  Last I knew
>wasn't it illegal to broadcast commercial audio or a webcast?

(I assume you mean "on" where you say "or")

Cooper - without any context, your question is kind of unanswerable...there 
is no law prohibiting broadcasting a webcast as content on an AM/FM signal 
(in comparison to, for example, how you can't broadcast an AM station's 
content on an FM translator).  It's content just like any other...like a CD 
or satellite feed.

There are rules in the works regarding paying royalty fees and licensing 
rights regarding webcast simulcasts of an AM/FM broadcast, but there's 
nothing concrete yet.   See www.sos-saveourstreams.com or 
www.kurthanson.com for more info.


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