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The internet issue

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Yeziknoradio

So then, if new laws in the States are making it too costly to provide an internet stream of a radio station,

Can "border stations" set up an office (and website) on the Canadian side and run the internet feed of their American radio station from there, using a Canadian server?

The Canadain laws seem to be different.
 
Yeziknoradio said:
So then, if new laws in the States are making it too costly to provide an internet stream of a radio station,

Can "border stations" set up an office (and website) on the Canadian side and run the internet feed of their American radio station from there, using a Canadian server?

The Canadain laws seem to be different.
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Wouldn't a streaming server located north of the border be subject to Canadian-Content laws, regardless of where the broadcast originates? Or does that not apply to internet streaming in general, or non-Canadian stations who have an operation there? Not sure how that works.
 
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I suspect that the RIAA, etc. would go after the originator of the stream, no matter where it's hosted. If you set up an entirely different stream in another country, their hands are tied. If the source of the stream is in the U.S., I'm sure that the RIAA would consider you subject to U.S. laws and tariffs.
 
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SirRoxalot said:
I suspect that the RIAA, etc. would go after the originator of the stream, no matter where it's hosted. If you set up an entirely different stream in another country, their hands are tied. If the source of the stream is in the U.S., I'm sure that the RIAA would consider you subject to U.S. laws and tariffs.
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That's exactly the point! So Buffalo NY stations should set up a feed from the Canadian side.

If Wild 101 (Niagara falls, Canada) were more successful at getting the attention of Buffalo, I would have used that as an example of why WKSE should be excused from RIAA regulation.

There may be a better example out there...
 
The point is that you can't stream KISS - an American station - even if the server is in Canada. The origin of the stream - KISS programming - is in the US, and the RIAA would be on them like flies on sh- uh, manuer.

If KISS were to originate an entirely different stream - not their on-air programming - they might get away with it unless any ad dollars were going to them directly. If that there was an American entity receiving money, I'm sure that the RIAA would want its share.
 
If the streamer aims at a "domestic" audience in the US, meaning, it originates here, despite where the server is -- and that advertising is from here, targetted to American audiences, it is then subject to a royalty "percentage" as planned. The license fees for music are also to be paid to ASCAP, BMI & SESAC, no matter.

If the stream is completely from across other borders and serves other countries, not including solely US advertising, then that country's licensing laws and royalties come into play. There is no free lunch.

Pandora has just shut off streams overseas to include only webcasts to the US and it's borders because of this issue.
 
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