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Music in Podcasts – As Podcasts Shut Down Following Infringement Notices, Looking at the Required Music Rights

By David Oxenford|2020-10-15T11:25:31-05:00October 15th, 2020|Legal News|

The use of music has long been an issue for those looking to provide music-oriented podcasts to the public. As we have written before (see, for example, our articles here and here), clearing rights to use music in podcasts is not as simple as signing up with ASCAP, BMI and SESAC (or even adding GMR... Continue Reading…

Music in Podcasts – Reminder that ASCAP, BMI, SESAC and SoundExchange Licenses Don’t Cover Music Use in Podcasts

By David Oxenford|2017-05-25T11:41:06-05:00May 25th, 2017|Legal News|

I was recently interviewed by Steve Goldstein of Amplifi Media, a firm that consults for podcast companies, on the difficulties with the use of music in podcasts. That interview has been turned into an article on Steve’s blog, here, discussing these legal issues. That article discusses the same issues that we’ve written about here several...… Continue Reading