On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Steve Kennedy wrote: > > What if the radio is on in the background when I make a call ? is that > > rebroadcasting ? kind of gets blurry on the definitions there. > > That's not as you're listening to it and not "trying" to rebroadcast.
I've not been following this thread closely, so apologies if this has already been covered. I had a summer job many years ago (early '90s) for the organisation responsible for collecting royalties in Ireland (IMRO). My recollection is probably a bit off, but the situation was that: - if you played copyrighted music on your phone system you needed a license which was scaled on the number of external channels on your phone system - if you had copyrighted music playing in the background in your office/shop/workplace then you needed a license which was scaled on the number of people working in your office/shop/workplace The reasoning behind both was that the employer was making (or allowing) the music available to third parties which was classed as a performance in a public place, which incurs a royalty fee (public == anything that's not domestic). It didn't matter whether the music came from TV, radio or a recording (and royalties were also levied on the TV, radio and recording companies). IIRC The licenses were typically an annual fee on the order of (back then) about IEP 100-200 (now EUR 127-254). AFAIR the situation was similar in the UK, where the Performing Rights Organisation (PRO) were the equivalent body. -Ronan _______________________________________________ --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
