Radio License

[Antony]

It would appear sulake are not behind this.

However I would love to know why we are being attacked now.

Regardless if Sulake are behind it or not, what I was saying was, why now? Habbo has been running for coming up to 10 years, which is how long fansites have been going for.

When I used to play Habbo back in 04 / 05 / 06 - HabboHut was owned and ran by Sulake Staff - I believe the site was ran on servers paid for by Sulake too? If that's the case, surely they should know something about licencing, or have they done what other people have been saying, and been exempt from it due to being hosted in the USA? :rolleyes:

It's extremely silly.

[Judge Judy]

Even if the servers are hosted in the US I'm sure you have to pay for a license there also.

[AgnesIO]

Regardless if Sulake are behind it or not, what I was saying was, why now? Habbo has been running for coming up to 10 years, which is how long fansites have been going for.

When I used to play Habbo back in 04 / 05 / 06 - HabboHut was owned and ran by Sulake Staff - I believe the site was ran on servers paid for by Sulake too? If that's the case, surely they should know something about licencing, or have they done what other people have been saying, and been exempt from it due to being hosted in the USA? :rolleyes:

It's extremely silly.

Sulake have though about getting music in rooms instead of trax.

This means having radios will stop people,purchasing asongs.

[FlyingJesus]

Just out of interest, is the fee a one-off thing or an annual fee? Makes very little difference to me but would like to know how much we're likely to extorted for

In terms of "foreign server, no fees" I'm fairly sure that would mean no UK access, which cuts down on DJs and listeners by a pretty chunky majority.

To my eyes the bigger issue is actually DJs using illegally acquired tracks - the amount in fines that either they or Habbox would be liable to (not sure who'd bear the brunt of that one) if caught far exceeds £200 I'm sure.

[Jordy]

Just out of interest, is the fee a one-off thing or an annual fee? Makes very little difference to me but would like to know how much we're likely to extorted for

In terms of "foreign server, no fees" I'm fairly sure that would mean no UK access, which cuts down on DJs and listeners by a pretty chunky majority.

To my eyes the bigger issue is actually DJs using illegally acquired tracks - the amount in fines that either they or Habbox would be liable to (not sure who'd bear the brunt of that one) if caught far exceeds £200 I'm sure.

Very true but like you said, with out UK listeners and DJs the radio isn't much. With out illegally acquired tracks I think that the radio might not be much once again.

Illegal downloading DJs should be dealt with the usual way illegal downloaders are.

[no waiii]

Just out of interest, is the fee a one-off thing or an annual fee? Makes very little difference to me but would like to know how much we're likely to extorted for

In terms of "foreign server, no fees" I'm fairly sure that would mean no UK access, which cuts down on DJs and listeners by a pretty chunky majority.

To my eyes the bigger issue is actually DJs using illegally acquired tracks - the amount in fines that either they or Habbox would be liable to (not sure who'd bear the brunt of that one) if caught far exceeds £200 I'm sure.

I think its an annual fee

[Crolons]

It's nothing to do with Habbo, however the donations system is set up, so there we go .

[GommeInc]

I'm amazed they've started tackling this issue. In the UK, radios do have to pay for licenses. I think Habbox deserve a reward for going license free for so long to be honest

Also, isn't the radio hosted on a server which isn't in the UK? Although I guess that isn't enough to make it a non-UK internet radio... Is there even away around this without paying loads, even though you should? It does seem like a shame to close down the radio station, even though Habbo are not behind it for a change.

[Favourtism]

I always assumed Habbox payed some sort of license lmao. If 200.00 is 10 listeners then why have people like HFFM said they only need 200.00 :S. I know they dont get as much listeners as Habbox but it's sometimes in the hundreds?

[Tim.]

It would appear sulake are not behind this.

However I would love to know why we are being attacked now.

I think you may find habbo are infact doing its fansites a favour, If PPL has got fansites on the radar, habbo will have most likely warned them/told them that this is the problem, and persuaded ppl to let them deal with it.

Or

Habbo could be getting a cut from the licensing fees