The Future of Aural Moon

[Avian(Admin)]

Originally posted by wombat

How does this work? Audiorealm's website says a couple of things.

One: "Complete DCMA and RIAA/Sound Exchange sound performance record keeping and compliancy tracking and reporting system." Does this mean that Audiorealm pays the fees out of AM's subscription fees?

Yes, Audiorealm does pay them. They also pay for our bandwidth, ASCAP, BMI and SESAC. They will negotiate a blanket license with the RIAA that we will fall under. Any fees are their responsibility.

Two: "When applying to the Audiorealm Network, you agree that all materials on your site and originating from your Webcast are licensed by you or owned by you." Er, is this not applicable for the particular service AM is considering?

This means that you are licensed for any material you use. RIAA-qualifing music, no problem, you're covered by audiorealm. If someone wanted to stream the audio from Star Wars, Episode I, or the BBC broadcast of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, then audiorealm requires you to have the license from the MPAA and the BBC respectivley.

Three: "Multi-format Streaming support. - Mp3, Lame, Ogg, WMA" Any chance of hearing AM via Ogg?

Absolutley, but what I will probably look at first is Windows Media. Windows Media 9 beta is out, and when it's released, nothing else will compare to it. Shouldn't be too long, either.

Four: "Automated Advertising and Syndicated content insertion including "LIVE" content like Breaking News, Weather, Talk Shows, Concert Events, etc." Hopefully this is optional and not completely automatic.

Audioream has personally assured me that they will not run ads in their stream. Probably not even IDs, but they wanted to reserve the right to throw an ID in there every once in awhile, if need be.

Good questions!