>> They won't let you waiver - music is music to mcps/prs etc and they do >> close people down for it. > > This is a New Zealand site remember, so it's controlled by local > organisation RIANZ not any American organisation. I'm guessing their fees > are equally prohibitive though, because *no-one* offers podcasts or even > streaming archived shows here unless they consist purely of talk.
So I did some snooping and the local situation is this (turned out it was an organisation called Phonographic Performances New Zealand who control broadcast licenses here): > PPNZ does not have an existing assignment to blanket licence podcasts at > the present time. Any broadcaster seeking to make available music on > demand is required to seek the permission of the individual copyright > owners concerned. So it's more or less impossible to archive music radio online from here!Madness...
