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For downloading, he should pay as much as a radio listener pays: nothing. For distributing, he should pay the same fees that radio stations pay.

• noonespecial 17y ago
  For distributing, he should pay the same fees that radio stations pay. In other words, they should pay him!, preferably through a shell corporation.
  • otto 17y ago
    Actually radio stations pay licenses for rights to songs for satellite/internet radio, while music is sent to radio stations for free through promoters. I work at a small college radio station (http://kmnr.org http://kmnr.org) we have been working with SoundExchange to get licensing for internet broadcast in addition to our radio broadcast.
    • eli 17y ago
      You might want to double check that. Labels may send your station free CDs, but if you broadcast them, you should be paying ASCAP/BMI fees based on how many songs you play.
      • otto 17y ago
        I thought about that a bit more and talked to our music director and I think you are right.
• eli 17y ago
  So if I sell burned copies of a new CD on the street corner, I should only have to pay a radio license fee?