UK Podcasting license launched

In case you missed it the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and the Performing Rights Society recently launched a podcast licensing scheme.

Among its conditions the license requires podcasts to:

...obscure at least 10 seconds at the beginning and end of each individual track played in a podcast with speech or a station ID.

...not play any individual track more than once in any single programme.

...not provide an electronic guide to the podcast which contains tracks played and corresponding times.

...ensure that the podcast is at least 15 minutes in length.

...deliver podcasts only in their entirety, not individual tracks or portions of a podcast.

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