I spoke to the PPL ten minutes ago just before finding this article. Indeed they do not have a licence that covers podcasting because their members (ie record companies) opted to not have them negotiate that.
Therefore, logically they should not be able to put ANY pressure, legal or otherwise on podcasts as they are not representing the rights holders on this issue by their own words.
Secondly, I don't understand why you would have to negotiate with thousands of labels. How many tracks are you going to play? Are you running a 24/7 podcast of pure music?
I'm looking at starting a podcast. If I use any tracks it will be from bands I know, most are not on labels or on small indie labels at best. Therefore the few tracks I play will be easily negtiable, i.e. "hey, how about I play this track with your interview".
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Podcast licence
I spoke to the PPL ten minutes ago just before finding this article. Indeed they do not have a licence that covers podcasting because their members (ie record companies) opted to not have them negotiate that.
Therefore, logically they should not be able to put ANY pressure, legal or otherwise on podcasts as they are not representing the rights holders on this issue by their own words.
Secondly, I don't understand why you would have to negotiate with thousands of labels. How many tracks are you going to play? Are you running a 24/7 podcast of pure music?
I'm looking at starting a podcast. If I use any tracks it will be from bands I know, most are not on labels or on small indie labels at best. Therefore the few tracks I play will be easily negtiable, i.e. "hey, how about I play this track with your interview".