Hello i am looking some programing knoweldge for the Shoutcast which should i buy for my whole new online website radio with cheap and best cost and i am looking to create a huge site for a full radio like ... and then i was looking budget work also so kindly help me out the site is about songs and music some of my friends got real talent with great work and some i was thinking to play the music but i want to know could i play copyright material of punjabi hindi singers.... on the radio just by downloading songs from sites .... or else have to do what steps to cover the copyright issue away from me . i seen lots of site playing songs of singers do they all buy copyrights or whats the all thing please kindly help me out ... thanks ... good day.
Ive just set up a shoutcast station and it is very easy and straightforward if you get hosting with a control panel. You can also get auto dj and just upload music and playlists so it carries on 24 hours day and you dont have to have a computer at home streaming constantly. You basically pay for the amount of users you have usually and this varies from provider to provider. I just set up with http://cheaperstream.com/ and they see pretty good. The customer service so far has been excellent and looking at the system they can cope with as many users as you like without falling over. In terms of playing other peoples music.You cant just download songs and stream them unless you have copyright ownership. Basically your potentially making money of someone elses work so they need to be paid for that. Depending on what country you are in you will need appropriate liscense. In the usa for example you would need to contact ASCAP and BMI for the correct web license. Good luck !