Storm Clouds Gather Over Podcasting
Michelle Kessler,
USA Today,
Aug 09, 2005
A Seattle public radio station, KEXP, wanted to produce a podcast, which it knew it would be a popular service. The record companies, however, were not willing to provide podcast licenses for the music, arguing fears of piracy. So the station invited 14 unsigned or small-label bands from the Seattle area to contribute songs, signing a simple podcast license with them. "KEXP decided that 'we couldn't sit around and wait and wait for a major (label) to sign off on this,' Richards says." Result: commercial labels are left out in the cold. Via digital copyright mailing list (Olga Francois).
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