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Ask HN: Streaming music and licenses
Other than Youtube, are there any practical options out there? I suppose I can use something like Rdio's API, but this would limit the app to Rdio subscribers. I'm wondering if there is any possibility for smaller-scale apps to negotiate some kind of streaming deal, similar to internet-radio licenses. How do sites like Turntable.fm pull it off? Is the short answer lots of lawyers?
Thanks.
- vgabond 14y agoIts Tough! Most of the companies in the space are valued for their ability to go out and get all the content owners on board. Music Rights is one big messy area that has sunk in years of monitoring and legal hours. Apple lead the way and showed everyone how to bring the order to the system and sort of opened the doors for all others. So, to answer your question, i think there is no shortcut other than talking to people in ownership OR go with existing APIs like Rdio.
- cdvonstinkpot 14y agoASCAP, BMI, Harry Fox?