I tell you what, young bloggers, here is some advice. Instead of streaming that pop song you need to pay license fees for (at a low low price of $1000 for 10 songs or less, EVERY YEAR), how about playing some podsafe music to play for your site. There is a lot of great music out there for you to discover, and music from the big labels is not the only deal in town.
More news and views from deblock and Han. Try podsafeaudio.com or podshow.com for some good music.
Excerpt from ST:
'We increasingly see more bloggers who upload music onto their webpages,' he said.
'We want to encourage them to come forward to our one-stop centre to get licensed, for a reasonable fee.'
For websites where the song cannot be downloaded or have any advertising, owners have to pay $1,000 a year for playing 10 songs or fewer, $5,000 for playing 11 to 49 songs and $10,000 for over 50 songs.
This is a 'competitive rate', said Mr Melvin Tan, the licensing manager of Compass, which protects the interests of composers and lyricists, and administers royalties to them.
