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How does licensing work for the music you play?

• solomonb 8mo ago
  For terrestrial broadcast or online? You go through a handful of music industry organizations such as ASCAP and BMI. For terrestrial broadcast the costs are scaled to approximate listenership.
  • dylan604 8mo ago
    Gonna be hard to prove you have 10 listeners whether that's really all you have or just downplaying the fees!
    • themafia 8mo ago
      The congressionally created entity is called "Sound Exchange." And.. don't worry! They _will_ audit you.
• josefritzishere 8mo ago
  They just pay into ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. The royalty groups disburse on estimated airplay. Non-coms pay a reduced rate. I can go mch deeper if you want. I used to work in that field.
  • fuzzfactor 8mo ago
    I think they cracked down on estimated airplay. At KPFT I endured the transition a number of years ago where we had to log every song played and nothing like that had ever been required since the beginning.