[BC] Internet music rules?

[Tom]

DMCA

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act.  That's just ONE of the silly 
rules the RIAA and Big Record Labels insisted upon for streamers.  It 
appears that the station is doing a CYA, because the rules don't apply 
to transmitter-equipped stations, per se... even if the station stream 
is an exact replication of what comes off the antenna, IIRC.  As I 
remember, the station must NOT substitute anything on the stream for 
what comes off the antenna... the AFTRA agreement is the only exception 
allowed, I believe. 

'Twere me, I'd simply feed the output of the Modulation Monitor into the 
Streaming Computer, and let it run.  Maybe stick some EQ in between, 
maybe not.  Of course, with Beautiful Music, ain't a whole lot of 
processing goin' on, anyway, so...

Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> I have a feeling this particular Q & A I found on a station's website 
> is a load of s&^t but i thought I'd ask anyways
>
> Q - Will you play requests?
>
> A - Yes - but due to internet music rules we can't play them in the 
> same hour you request them. If you request a song, tell us when you 
> listen and we'll try to get it on the air during that time.
> What rules COULD they be talking about?
-- 
Tom Spencer
PG-18-25453 (nee' P1-18-48841)
http://radioxtz.com/
Part 15 transmitters on AM 640 and FM 100.1
Soon to be streaming FM 100 - as soon as I get clearances for the library! (I cheated - I put de-emphasis networks on the audio test jacks of the 8000 to feed the stream with)