Legal Question in Business Law in New Jersey
I'm starting an internet radio broadcast and the hosting service that I will be dealing with is licensed with the major music organizations in which they pay royalties to. For a monthly fee I am too covered for all music that I broadcast through my stream. Aside playing major artist I would like to play local artist as well. My question is would it be legal to charge music submitter to help cover the monthly fees?
1 Answer from Attorneys
When payments are accepted by broadcast stations in connection with playing music, the sponorship must be announced or the practice is unlawful under 47 USC �317. (Google "payola".) Research on the extent to which the FCC broadcast station regulations apply to music "broadcast" over the Internet would require some research. � BTW, I would be very cautious about this service that you are paying unless you have verified their authority to grant the licenses. � See also: http://info.corbettlaw.net/lawguru.htm
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