So I recently found out that everything I purchase from itunes is not legal for me to spin, which I find very stupid. I don't do the torrent thing or copy music from others. I even saved my receipts in case of an issue with the law. Now I also hear from people and some internet sources that I need some type of license and need to pay a monthly fee to even play legal sources(beatport, DJCity, and what not). Can anybody confirm this? If true, what do I need to do to be a completely "legal DJ"?
I also found this.
Specific DMCA Requirements
The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) governs certain requirements and rules with which persons transmitting digital media must comply. These are the requirements that you must follow in order to be DMCA compliant.
No requests can be played within 60 minutes of receiving the request.
No more than 1 song by any specific artist, album, or box set may be played for each 1 hour period of your show and no more than 2 songs may be played back to back in a 2hr show.
Music playlists for your show may not be posted anywhere prior to the airing of your show
No bootleg concert audio may be played during your show.
All music played must have proper ID3 tagging (artist, album, song title) and this information must be passed to the listeners with your streams.
This seems like it's for radio DJs but WTF?
If I have a Small Business License and obtain music from legal sources, is this good enough?
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