q1) We wish to build a social network website where users can upload their favorite songs, my question is who is responsorial for the licensing of the audio files if their is one? q2)If the audio was a link to another website would the website owner need a license to pay that martial to
1.) Im not PRO in this aria, but I would guess you are responsible on whats uploaded to your server. 2.) YES if its copyrighted material. All this depends on where your site is hosted and thru which company your domain is registered. It might not be allowed to tell where you can host Warez here. But it should not be so hard to find out if you search.