The DMCA is a federal law passed by Congress in 1996. Its rules are as follows.
During a three hour period one may:
Play no more than three songs from a particular album; Play no more than two songs consecutively from a particular album; Play no more than four songs by a particular artist; Play no more than four songs from a boxed set; and Play no more than three songs consecutively from a boxed set.In Addition:
Music recorded on international labels should be reported. SoundExchange swaps information and fees with its counterparts abroad.
Advance program schedule or prior announcement of song titles may not be transmitted by text, video or audio.
You may not publish advance program guides or use other means to pre-announce when particular sound recordings will be played.
Your program must not be part of an “interactive service.” This means that you cannot perform sound recordings within one hour of a request by a listener or at a time designated by the listener.
Rebroadcasts of programs may be performed at scheduled times as follows:
Programs of less than one-hour: no more than three times in a two-week period; Programs longer than one hour: no more than four times in any two-week period.Continuously looped program streams may not be less than three hours long (per cycle).
You should pass through (and not disable or remove) identification or technological protection information included in the sound recording (if any).
This 2009 agreement was created as a mechanism to meet the legal and monetary requirements imposed by the DMCA. This agreement imposes additional requirements.
We must submit quarterly reports with this required information for each instance of copyrighted musical material:
Song Title Featured Artist/Group/Orchestra Album Title Marketing Label Start Date and Time of Song Play End Date and Time OR Duration of Song PlayBack to the Page for the March 22, 2010, program.
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