From owner-freebsd-multimedia Wed Nov 25 15:55:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA29144 for freebsd-multimedia-outgoing; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:55:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rembrandt.esys.ca (rembrandt.esys.ca [198.161.92.18]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA29139 for ; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 15:55:08 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lyndon@execmail.com) Received: from execmail.com (zappa.esys.ca [198.161.92.28]) by rembrandt.esys.ca (2.0.4/SMS 2.0.4) with ESMTP id QAA04302; Wed, 25 Nov 1998 16:53:35 -0700 Message-Id: <199811252353.QAA04302@rembrandt.esys.ca> Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 16:53:31 -0700 From: Lyndon Nerenberg Subject: Re: mpg audio rtp tool To: alk@pobox.com cc: peppar@cdt.luth.se, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG, rolle@basil.cdt.luth.se In-Reply-To: <13916.36663.335441.659934@avalon.east> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 25 Nov, Tony Kimball wrote: > > I don't get it -- what copyright issues? Don't broadcasters have the > right to broadcast commercial recordings without prior arrangements? > (I ask out of ignorance, never having worked at a radio station.) Without prior arrangement, but every time you play a song, you write it down. Several times a year you count up how many songs you played, multiply by the current royalty rate, and submit the song list along with a cheque to a royalty clearing house. They add up how often each song was played and disburse the funds accordingly. --lyndon (a very occasional DJ once upon a time, who *hated* filling in those damned logs.) -- Finger lyndon@execmail.com for PGP key. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message