Podcasting RIAA rumor mill

From the Wall Street Journal’s coverage of Apple’s podcasting support:

WSJ.com – Podcasting for Dummies

Of course, some podcasters go ahead and play unauthorized music anyway on their shows. Music companies haven’t yet started widely cracking down on the practice. Mr. Jobs says Apple has an agreement from music companies that allows podcasters to play 30-second song clips in their shows.

If that’s true, it’ll make my job a lot easier. I experimented a bit earlier this year with adding short music clips at the beginning of my podcasts. I was hoping for some sort of “Fair Use” coverage. But if this is true, then I’ll be more confident in doing it, working up some real bumper music, intro music, etc.


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2 Responses to “Podcasting RIAA rumor mill”

  1. Matthew M
    29. June 2005 at 16:05

    Bah. Bumper Music is SO Tom Leykis. :P

  2. Beau
    29. June 2005 at 17:53

    I bet if you asked in Pipeline, you could find musician readers who would be happy to help you work up some music — more than you could sift through, probably.