
At Chicago’s WCKG-FM 105.9 radio station, a local radio pro has gotten into trouble for offering podcasts of his show…But this re-purposing of Steve Dahl’s show has come to an abrupt halt because of copyright and royalty issues.
Lawyers for station-owner Infinity Broadcasting, a division of Viacom, have determined that the rights agreements covering live streaming of programs do not necessarily cover downloadable versions of those same shows.
The copyright implication of the radio podcasts are interesting: Dahl writes on his site: “The digital copyright laws are ever changing and ever expanding, and quite lucrative. I recommend that area of law to you youngsters out there thinking about going to law school. In the meantime, please forgive me for this little interruption in bringing you the future.”
This retreat in Chicago comes as Infinity promotes a format change in San Francisco that will make KYCY-AM “the world’s first podcasting radio station.”
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