Radio License

[,Jess,]

How will you know if a DJ has downloaded or purchased every song they play?
I doubt they'd spend hundreds of pounds for the songs they play but you never know.

We dont know.

[nvrspk4]

How will you know if a DJ has downloaded or purchased every song they play?
I doubt they'd spend hundreds of pounds for the songs they play but you never know.

We don't

Although if they're dumb and download live recorded songs or songs with voiceovers then we catch them.

[efq]

But what if the record company contacts you regarding a song being played or used on Habbox and then find out it was illegally downloaded and played. They don't have to give you a chance they could instantly take action if they have the given proof before you even know.

Edit to above: I don't hear many live recorded songs, they are downloaded and sound perfect.

[Slowpoke]

Yes but how would the record company prove that the song was illegally downloaded? They can't. It's generally quite obvious though when a song is downloaded illegally because songs that have just been released tend to have a voice over saying something like "music on demand". If they're stupid enough the play it, they'll get in trouble. The odds of a record company official listening to Habbox and bothering to take action against Habbox for someone playing an illegally downloaded song is pretty much none anyway.

Anyway, this is a completely different topic/issue and one that isn't really that important or anywhere near as pressing as the current radio issue.

[efq]

Yes but how would the record company prove that the song was illegally downloaded? They can't. It's generally quite obvious though when a song is downloaded illegally because songs that have just been released tend to have a voice over saying something like "music on demand". If they're stupid enough the play it, they'll get in trouble. The odds of a record company official listening to Habbox and bothering to take action against Habbox for someone playing an illegally downloaded song is pretty much none anyway.

Anyway, this is a completely different topic/issue and one that isn't really that important or anywhere near as pressing as the current radio issue.

If I was them I'd note the DJs name and time on and contact Habbox asking for that user to provide a reciept or transaction of some sort to prove the legally bought it and if no proof is provided then action taken. Recording Companies are to light these days and if it was my music I wouldn't take a second to contact them and get them in trouble.

[Slowpoke]

But why would a record company waste their time and money listening to a small, online radio for twenty-four hours a day attempting to catch teenagers playing illegally downloaded music?

[efq]

But why would a record company waste their time and money listening to a small, online radio for twenty-four hours a day attempting to catch teenagers playing illegally downloaded music?

Well who are they going to waste their time on?

[Slowpoke]

Sorry, what? :S

[nvrspk4]

But what if the record company contacts you regarding a song being played or used on Habbox and then find out it was illegally downloaded and played. They don't have to give you a chance they could instantly take action if they have the given proof before you even know.

Edit to above: I don't hear many live recorded songs, they are downloaded and sound perfect.

What action, contacting our shoutcast host? Oh that's us Our server people would forward them to us first and say to contact them if no action was taken. This isn't a freewebs type deal we work with a serious hosting company. It would then come to us and if they have proof we would take action.

If I was them I'd note the DJs name and time on and contact Habbox asking for that user to provide a reciept or transaction of some sort to prove the legally bought it and if no proof is provided then action taken. Recording Companies are to light these days and if it was my music I wouldn't take a second to contact them and get them in trouble.

Innocent until proven guilty, that's how it always works - if you have an idea that something was downloaded illegally and you have evidence then you can demand a receipt.

Well who are they going to waste their time on?

Illegal downloaders via prosecuting by finding them on Limewire and from their ISPs and that business.

[Sameer!]

You have to say that all of us have once in our lives downloaded a song..