Podcasting has faced a recent upheaval driven by legal issues. This is largely as a result of artists and their record labels and claiming copyright over their work, in particular for music “mixtapes” or radio style Podcasts.
Current challenges relate to larger corporations taking steps to protect their work from those distributing audio, labels or logos without proper consent. These laws are regulated by parties more familiar with traditional printed media, however these laws have become relevant for the internet community and more recently the growing Podcast community.
The most relevant law covers the redistribution of music without proper permission and / or royalties paid to the artist and or record company. This is a rapidly changing and grey area, for example PPL, a UK based royalty collection and distribution orgnaisation has recently signed a deal allowing members of RadioCentre, the organisation that represents commercial radio, to use 30 seconds of music per track, excluding voiceover, in downloads of their radio programmes.
Other suggestions for good practice include using voiceovers to obscure the first and last 10 seconds of the music track. So called “Podsafe” music is another growing concept, to help audio bloggers avoid penalties.
Within business Podcasts, the regulations are less strict – in part because a good Podcast does not require licensed music, instead professional “stings” or custom made music can be used to enhance the production. The most fundamental regulation comes in the form of correct permission to release and edit interviews and soundbites that form the Podcast content. A useful guide for Podcasters can be found on The Register.
If you are embarking on a Podcast production, much of what is distributed through radio channels cannot be reproduced as a Podcast without review by all parties involved - there is a very fine line to follow for what is legal and what’s illegal.
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Current challenges relate to larger corporations taking steps to protect their work from those distributing audio, labels or logos without proper consent. These laws are regulated by parties more familiar with traditional printed media, however these laws have become relevant for the internet community and more recently the growing Podcast community.
The most relevant law covers the redistribution of music without proper permission and / or royalties paid to the artist and or record company. This is a rapidly changing and grey area, for example PPL, a UK based royalty collection and distribution orgnaisation has recently signed a deal allowing members of RadioCentre, the organisation that represents commercial radio, to use 30 seconds of music per track, excluding voiceover, in downloads of their radio programmes.
Other suggestions for good practice include using voiceovers to obscure the first and last 10 seconds of the music track. So called “Podsafe” music is another growing concept, to help audio bloggers avoid penalties.
Within business Podcasts, the regulations are less strict – in part because a good Podcast does not require licensed music, instead professional “stings” or custom made music can be used to enhance the production. The most fundamental regulation comes in the form of correct permission to release and edit interviews and soundbites that form the Podcast content. A useful guide for Podcasters can be found on The Register.
If you are embarking on a Podcast production, much of what is distributed through radio channels cannot be reproduced as a Podcast without review by all parties involved - there is a very fine line to follow for what is legal and what’s illegal.
For more tips on the legal issues surrounding Podcast production keep tuned in to our blog. If you want to keep an eye on our blog without whiling away your day visiting the Podcast Production website, you can add our RSS feed to your favourite reader or you Google, Yahoo, MSN homepage using the link below.
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