ssl-3 20 hours ago

That's somewhat hilarious.

Last time I looked into trying to get pricing from ASCAP and BMI so I could legally stream some music for a small number of people, I found the following to be true:

1. There is no public pricing. (Why? Because fuck you, that's why!)

2. If I insisted, then the simplest way to get a price is to stream whatever I want and wait for a nasty letter from one or more lawyers that will most assuredly tell me how much I owe.

3. The only safe way to proceed is not to play the game at all.

That's gonna be a "no" on the cartels for me, boss. We might as well just throw all of the money and all of the copyrighted stuff into the memory hole for all the good they do.

  • gwbas1c 19 hours ago

    See if the scheme that BMG / Columbia house still works. (Apparently they would send a check to the rightsholder, and if they cashed it, it was considered payment.)

    (But don't quote me, I'm not an expert.)