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General Radio Discussion / Re: WTWW QRT?
« on: November 12, 2022, 0531 UTC »
Seemed like WTWW was mostly playing music as filler in the absence of paying programmers. That would be expensive in the short run, if WTWW was paying the music licensing fees in advance, or in the long run after being contacted by lawyers for ASCAP, etc, for failing to pay.
Licensing organizations have gotten so aggressive in pursuing fees for music that they even scan every personal karaoke video uploaded to social media to be sure the bars hosting karaoke nights are paying. Some owners of bars, pubs, taprooms, etc., have asked patrons to refrain from video recording their friends singing karaoke and uploading the videos. You can imagine how successful those appeals are.
I almost always video my bike rides for safety and legal evidence. I used to upload them for friends after group rides, but quit doing that after YouTube and Facebook either muted or banned my videos because of copyrighted music that was audible in the background, played by cyclists with Bluetooth speakers on their bikes. Yeah, really.
Licensing organizations have gotten so aggressive in pursuing fees for music that they even scan every personal karaoke video uploaded to social media to be sure the bars hosting karaoke nights are paying. Some owners of bars, pubs, taprooms, etc., have asked patrons to refrain from video recording their friends singing karaoke and uploading the videos. You can imagine how successful those appeals are.
I almost always video my bike rides for safety and legal evidence. I used to upload them for friends after group rides, but quit doing that after YouTube and Facebook either muted or banned my videos because of copyrighted music that was audible in the background, played by cyclists with Bluetooth speakers on their bikes. Yeah, really.
