| I'm not entirely sure about this but...........
I ran a university radio station when i was a lazy stoodant, and we looked into web broadcasting and they finally started doing it just after I left. I believe in the UK you may have to pay certain copyright agencies in a similar manner to 'normal' FM radio stations, who collect royalties on behalf of their members, ie music artists.
We used to have to pay PRS (Performing Rights Society), PPL (Can't remember what this stands for, Phonographic something or other) and MCPS (Mechanical Copyright Protection Society)
The costs weren't that high but high enough to put you off starting your own webcasts, should you have to pay them.
Fug if you want more definite info on this, let me know as I know a few people who'll definitely know the proper details! |