Help Streaming Music App Question

[GENetwork]

Hi i have a few apps on the play store and im wanting to do a streaming app so people can listen to music like trance music etc, now i know apps that download music is copyright and not allowed but does this also mean streaming and by that i mean streaming only no download.

Thanks if anyone can help.

 

[mikedt]

For providing streamed copyright music, yes you most definitely do have to pay for it.

Music Licensing 101:
http://www.soundexchange.com/service-provider/licensing-101/

The rates for webcasters(streaming) are here:
http://www.soundexchange.com/service-provider/rates/


If you're looking to do an app and service for streaming trance music, might want to have a look at what Digitally Imported are doing, and they've been doing it for a very long time.
http://www.di.fm/

 

[The_Chief]

Google Play Music is subscription based and allows you to add favorite songs to your library or playlists for listening. Of course, if you ever cancel your subscription, those songs would be removed... but I find it to be a fantastic deal for the sheer amount of music available. You can play trance "stations" or psybient and listen to it all day, if you like.