So is there a simple way to license decent, up to date music? Can I just go to a website, click a buy button, pay my money and download the song?
It seems idiotic that you need 15 lawyers and a million bucks use decent on hold music. Maybe I just don't know the procedure. I am all for paying the license fees and doing it right but they sure don't make it easy to give them money. Any help would be appreciated. On 7/31/07, Deepak Naidu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Jared, Yes I am using with Asterisk only. So I am using the inbuilt > music from Asterisk for onhold. > > -- > Deepak > > > Jared Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2007-07-31 at 06:36 +0100, Deepak Naidu wrote: > > I think we need to pay for the later, but I am not sure if we need to > > pay for the inbuilt asterisk(freepbx) on hold music. > > I'm no lawyer, but here's what I understand. (Please consult with an > attorney in your area, and don't consider this legal advice.) > > The hold music that comes with Asterisk is provided by Digium under > license from Freeplay Music Corporation for use in conjunction > with the Asterisk software only. It's my understanding that you don't > have to pay any kind of royalties to use it, as long as you're using it > with Asterisk. > > You *do* have to pay royalties on music (or MP3 files) by commercial > artists. These royalties vary by country. Using commercial music as > hold music is considered broadcasting the music, which requires > different licensing arrangements with the copyright holder. In the > United States, you can buy a license from ASCAP (the American Society of > Composers, Authors, and Publishers) to be able to broadcast music from > the major record labels. > > There are also several other places you can get royalty-free music for > hold music. I've had good luck looking online, especially at sites like > MagnaTune. > > > > -- > Jared Smith > Community Relations Manager > Digium, Inc. > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail is the world's favourite email. Don't settle for less, sign up > for your free account today. > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-users mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
