Thursday, March 10, 2005

Toying with the Idea....

Of possibly doing a one-hour podcast, once a week. I have a mic and lots (LOTS) of mp3s. I've been reading about how they work, looking at other people's. I found one this morning with selections from someone's (complete, overnight) reading of Paradise Lost. Pretty nifty. So people obviously do all kinds of stuff. How hard can it be? I wonder if I could post it here? Does anyone know anything about rights? This is fair use, isn't it? God knows I'm not trying to earn money off it.

Whaddya think? Yea or Nay?

7 comments:

ntodd said...

I think you should do it! I've been noodling on the idea myself, but I'd love to hear Air NYMary.

Dunno about the use of MP3s, though. Even Public Radio has to make RIAA reports every quarter, and they ain't a for-profit organization. And if a listener can grab your podcast, then that would probably constitute illegal distribution of copyrighted material.

Maybe Tena or Hecate or watertiger would know, being, like, legal types.

Ripley said...

I say "Yea".

Often people will look at me quizzically when I say it, as though they weren't expecting me to say it. Like the time I walked into the Ladies Room, peeked over the top of the stall and said "Yea!" just to let Margaret know how much we appreciate her at the company. She sure was surprised by that extemporaneous display of gratitude but, deep down, I think it made her feel pretty good.

refinnej said...

I'm no expert, but I'm sure if you whipped out the PhD and said "for educational purposes" a lot then it should be ok...

Hell, I'd listen!!
:)
Jen

Rmj said...

Well, if I knew what you were talking about, I'm sure I'd think it was marvelous.

Durned kids and their loud music.

Now excuse me, I've got to go take my false teeth out and find my ear trumpet.

I'se got the lumbago reeeeaaallll bad....

Anonymous said...

Yea, for sure. Someone who's hip to Steve Simels, Big Star, and Paradise Lost is someone I want to hear (and hear from).

Go for it! And thanks for the comments.

Gardner Campbell

The Kenosha Kid said...

A weekly podcast is going to be too much work and you will give up. Do it bi-weekly, or monthly or whatever.

LinnTate said...

I am not a legal professional, but I am a twenty-year public radio professional who has been researching this subject for some time.

The short answer is that doing a music podcast legally would be a very, very expensive proposition and even if you do pay everybody who thinks they deserve a cut, you are still on shaky legal ground.

A better, more complete answer can be found here

That being said, there are an awful lot of legally questionable activities springing up these days, podcasts, mp3 blogs, mashups. I suspect that if you don't make too much noise with your own podcast, you can probably fly under the radar for now. I think you would have to be highly visible for somebody to want to make an example of you.