Re: [Librefm-discuss] What does freely licensed on libre.fm mean

[Franko Burolo]

01.12.2017 u 18:53, Meikel je napisao/la:
> Hi folks,
>
> on the website http://libre.fm I find the statement
>
> "All the music on Libre.fm is freely licensed for you to stream, 
> download and remix."
>
> and I'm wondering what it means exactly. Would the licensing allow to 
> run an internet radio station with music downloaded from libre.fm i.e. 
> from "my loved music"? Or would that violate the licensing?
>
> Regards,
>
> Meikel
It would most probably not violate anything. But if you want to be sure, 
you can check the licensing for every particular song. If I am ot 
mistaken, the music on Libre.fm is streamed directly from Jamendo. Album 
pages on Jamendo will tell you the exact license for a particular 
release, and it also offers further legal info, should you need it.

All tracks on Jamendo and streamed on Libre.fm are released with a 
Creative Commons license. The only restriction for your internet radio 
station that comes to my mind is if you are making money through your 
show, as some of the tracks have a "Non-Commercial" (nc) clause. In that 
case, you should contact the rights holders (in free culture, it is 
usually the artists themselves), and ask for permition. If it is not for 
money, than you are completely set up, for sure, as all CC licenses 
allow non-commercial public broadcast, as long as you are giving correct 
artist credits, of course.

So basically, if that's a non-commercial radio/show that only broadcasts 
finished, unmodified tracks, you can broadcast the tracks freely. If you 
plan on making some money out of it, or remixing some tracks, or both, 
you should check the licensing terms on the track/album page on Jamendo, 
or wherever the source is, before you do it.

For more information on Creative Commons: https://creativecommons.org/

Hope that helps.

Franko