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March 08, 2005
Licensing for Podcasts
There's still talk about this out there so I figure I should pipe in. Stop complaining about paying to use copyrighted material already! And please do keep in mind that artists have asked ASCAP to license their material. ASCAP is, after all, a non-profit. Whether they should be licensing for podcasts is another issue, of course, since podcasting is a distribution mechanism, not a performance one.
There's so much awesome indie music to go around licensed under creative commons. Podcasting is the perfect medium to turn people on to great indie music. I am disappointed that folks like Adam Curry worry about playing all their old favorites. Isn't it far cooler to play the new stuff we've heard? Which he does now and then, but really... so... much... good... music... that you don't have to license.
I've been a bit busy to keep up the ICN podcast, but now I'm reinvigorated to bring it on. Stay tuned...
Posted by roymond at March 8, 2005 04:11 PM