Using Copyrighted Music

Juddge said:
im sure the donations refers to donating to the people who are doing the display (ie you, people cant dontate to you to saay thankyou ), taking donations for other charities would be exempt, thats how i would understand that
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If you take the donations for anything it's not allowed. However - if you put a QR code up for XYZ charity - then YOU are not doing anything, they are doing the collecting of money.

Juddge said:
so do we need to get a bradcast licence if were only transmitting on 0.5mw and the reach distance is only 50m max
and if so who do we apply to the ACMA ?
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Officially yes. Will you get one, unlikely. Is it dodgy do it without one, yes. But if you're not stupid, you keep your power levels down, dont clobber frequencies, dont transmit anything obscene, etc, it's unlikely anything will happen.
 
if we use pulse mesh because it only allows you to view and listen to sites withing a radius of your device ( phone / ipad)
do we need a broadcast licence ? or is the apra licence enough ? i understand needing a acma licence for broadcasing FM but streamiing is diffirent

pulesmesh only allows people to view / listen to sites within a radius of the actual site address listed for the stream

but tune2, is accessable as long as you know the 4 digit code, (XDWA) example, so to me that means its wordwide broadcast not a local broadcast

so pulse mesh would be classified as local broadcast but Tune2 would be pure streaming only ?
 
this is why im leaning towards pulsemesh this year, i used tune 2 last year, as my street you cant really park out the front, so FM even though i have it, is not really an option,
i really prefer people to park up the street and walk down to enjoy the show, so im going to have QR codes for pulse mesh in my yard, and a push button speaker for people who dont have phones, so im assuming as its a private dedicated stream that only works for phones within a limited radius of the site address, that only my apra licence will be needed as its not really a broadcast
 
Juddge said:
do we need a broadcast licence ? or is the apra licence enough ? i understand needing a acma licence for broadcasing FM but streamiing is diffirent
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ACMA is for use of the FM frequency- streaming is not broadcast so you should be OK.

Juddge said:
pulesmesh only allows people to view / listen to sites within a radius of the actual site address listed for the stream
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That's just geofencing for the stream.


APRA would be required for royalties for any 'transmission'.
 
getting the FM licence is easy as sending a email. narrowcasters@apra.com.au
Felicity makes it easy.
my email example from last year

My name is **************,
I would like to apply for a FM Complimentary Narrowcaster licence for 2025.

It's for my annual Christmas computerised display, Where the lights are in sync to Music,
Its played on a speaker (footpath), and over a low powered FM transmitter (people in there cars).
All the equipment is owned by myself.
I don't accept donations
My show will be running from the 20th of Nov till the 1st of Jan

Thats what i used last year. (please change to suit your show)
Thanks..
 
Juddge said:
if we use pulse mesh because it only allows you to view and listen to sites withing a radius of your device ( phone / ipad)
do we need a broadcast licence ? or is the apra licence enough ? i understand needing a acma licence for broadcasing FM but streamiing is diffirent

pulesmesh only allows people to view / listen to sites within a radius of the actual site address listed for the stream

but tune2, is accessable as long as you know the 4 digit code, (XDWA) example, so to me that means its wordwide broadcast not a local broadcast

so pulse mesh would be classified as local broadcast but Tune2 would be pure streaming only ?
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This is why I’ve emailed OneMusic for clarification.

Looking into it a bit, APRA covers the songwriters, artists and composers while OneMusic will cover the Recording Labels (and artists too)

I asked chatGPT to summarise for me and it’s made it clearer than I can:



  • Streaming (via PulseMesh.io)
    ⚠️ This is different:
    • APRA AMCOS covers the compositions.
    • But the streaming of actual recordings usually also requires PPCA/OneMusic permission, since recordings are being transmitted online to the public.
    • This is why PulseMesh says: “If you use music outside the US, you’re responsible for licensing.”
  • So yes — APRA alone cannot cover online streaming. For the streaming part, you may need OneMusic (or in some cases, PPCA directly if OneMusic doesn’t cover your exact use case).
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Hopefully I get a reply in the next few days
 
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