So a buddy of mine and I want to make a podcast. We want to do 1 hour each, 2 hours total, of house & trance mixing.

I am worried that we are going to get sued by a music label and have to pay a fat fine.

Does anyone know:

Do most podcasters out there get licenses and pay for the right to use the tracks in their podcast? If so, how much does it cost and where do you do that?

What are the odds of us getting sued by Armada or someone else and having to pay a shitload of money?

I don't know if it makes a difference but I do buy my tracks on beatport, whenever possible.

podcasts are free right? if so, i would guess that the worst thing to happen is that you are removed or not able to broadcast. if you are charging then you have to be careful, but i'm not a lawyer!

It would be the same as if you put the mix on youtube. They will just ask for you to take it down. If you fail to then you get to worry about past that.

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just avoid using armada tracks and your fine. the rest of the scene actually appreciate free promotion.

Technically you should have an online broadcast licence, but very few DJ podcasts bother with them.

That doesn't mean it's fine... but it is unlikely that any more would happen than being asked to take it down, and if that happens it's probably best if you comply.


From a moral standpoint, it would be nice if more people did get the proper licences - the money goes to the artists/labels, so if you are playing music from small artists they can get the royalties they deserve.

I think I worked out a while ago that for the podcast I was considering doing it would wind up costing about £200/year in the UK... not TOO horrific if you really think your podcast will benefit you, but I appreciate it's all money and it doesn't grow on trees!


I also wish clubs forced DJs to submit tracklists for their sets so that the licence fees the venues pay go to the right people as well, rather than just the big commercial labels, which I gather is what happens now... but that's another discussion altogether with a whole raft of its own problems!

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I wouldn't mind paying for the licenses... but I don't know how to. Do you know where I can info on that in the US? The numbers I saw were fairly high, but maybe I looked in the wrong place.

I already buy my tracks on beatport and am down to support my favorite artists

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Originally posted by Stu Cox From a moral standpoint, it would be nice if more people did get the proper licences - the money goes to the artists/labels, so if you are playing music from small artists they can get the royalties they deserve. I think I worked out a while ago that for the podcast I was considering doing it would wind up costing about £200/year in the UK... not TOO horrific if you really think your podcast will benefit you, but I appreciate it's all money and it doesn't grow on trees!

you are in the usa so you will be dealing with ASCAP or perhaps BMI

http://www.ascap.com/weblicense/
http://www.bmi.com/licensing/website/?link=navbar

for any country, it is always the local copyright collection societies that takes care of this. Sometimes there are different societies for different types of music diffusion and rights.