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Statutes Shape Streaming Services

By Andrew Raff, Esq.

In the Listening Post blog at Wired, Eliot Van Buskirk tries out Boomshuffle, a new service from Snocap, New Direction For SnoCap: Free, 15-Song Embeddable Mixes: "The service only plays 30-second clips of the songs unless you include 15 tracks by 15 different artists, because that helps Boomshuffle qualify for a lower internet radio royalty rate -- fine by me, I'd rather include more music anyway. Other royalty-related requirements: the songs shuffle, and users can't skip to a specific song, rewind, or skip more than 4 tracks" Here is a case of how the statutory licensing has directly shaped the way that this service operates. Take a look at 17 USC §114(d)(2) and compare the limits of interactivity allowed for webcasters using the statutory license with the terms of the Boomshuffle service.

Full post as published by IPTAblog on November 14, 2007 (boomark / email).