[BC] The RIAAfia
Rich Wood
richwood at pobox.com
Tue Jan 1 10:55:35 CST 2008
------ At 03:26 AM 1/1/2008, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote: -------
>No invoice, no purchase. PlayMPE is a special WEB-based application where a
>station can log in and download as many or as few songs as they
>wish, all 100%
>free. No receipt, nothing... just the songs, themselves. The artists/labels
>pay the "freight". In exchange the stations play their songs. It's agreat
>system, because it levels the playing field. For years, some Labels
>didn't want to
>send music to small stations, like WFIF. Now, it doesn't cost them
>extra to add
>the small guys to their lists! :)
In that case it qualifies as a promotional copy. I'd still recommend
you have some proof of where you got the material when the RIAA
accuses you of stealing it.
Rich
More information about the Broadcast
mailing list