[net.music] Copyright & Licenses

ll tell you later.)@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA> (01/09/85)

    In my experience (as a DJ on a college radio station, and as a director of
a non-profit folk club), the way the copyright and licensing laws are written,
one does *not* have to get a BMI/ASCAP/CAPAC license if the organization using
the music is (1) a registered non-profit organization and (2) is not using the
music for fund-raising purposes.  For most college radio stations on FM, this
is the case, since their licenses are usually of the non-profit educational
variety; however, many AM or carrier-current college stations are for-profit
enterprises.  They are liable for licensing fees.
     Dave Axler

Ron Natalie <ron@BRL-TGR.ARPA> (01/09/85)

You were operating illegally.  I remember going through this mess and
the fact that the whole thing came up as a special problem discussed
by the Intercollegiate Broadcasting System.

-Ron