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Hi, can someone suggest a fta english music only sat. I do work for a chain of restaurants and I thought of suggesting to the people I do work for as they pay to have music piped in. They mostly have 1.0-1.2 dishes on the roofs but have seen a few dishnet 500 dishes set up. I do not know any legal problems if they went to fta if there were a good sat to get it on.
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Bill_KY
WCPE, the classical station from North Carolina is on 103W and you can contact them for permission to play them in the restaurant, you still would have to get a commercial license though...hxxp://theclassicalstation.org/

You can get a commercial license from BMI and ASCAP and then legally have music in your place of business of your choice..be it a DJ, background music or whatever.

As I recall, if you go with a commercial music service, I think as a part of your monthly subscription the license fees are already taken care of.

I think for a jukebox, it used to be that the jukebox operator/owner actually pays a fee and the bar/restaurant was supposed to be covered legally...although that might have changed over the years.

Slightly Off Topic, ....I listen to some Linux podcasts, and there is actually something called "Podcast safe music". Where one can have music on their own podcast and not have to be concerned with royalties and licensing.

The "Going Linux" podcast and "The Linux Link Tech Show" are two good examples. One could in theory play "Podcast Safe" music at their place of establishment...but check first... as some Podcast safe music is meant for non commercial uses.
byron
If you really only need elevator music, just lock your receiver on one of the Echostar test card channels. (105w, 121w, etc.) You'll have elevator music 24/7, ITC and with no ID's or speaking interruptions. I'm not sure about royalties, but I'm betting their music is cheaper than the stuff you'll hear from commercial services, and you can't really get picky with elevator music!

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WCPE, the classical station from North Carolina is on 103W and you can contact them for permission to play them in the restaurant, you still would have to get a commercial license though...hxxp://theclassicalstation.org/

you dont even need to contact them
WCPE - Rebroadcast Information

just a snippet
Rebroadcast Consent
Updated 12-01-09

To Whom it May Concern:

It is WCPE's Mission to make Great Classical Music available to everyone.

Therefore:

Blanket permission to, in real time, retransmit, relay, or rebroadcast WCPE without royalty to WCPE is granted to any entity (commercial, hobby, non-commercial, religious, subscription, etc.) legally disseminating, or enabling our dissemination, to the public.
ikki
> Blanket permission to, in real time, retransmit, relay, or rebroadcast WCPE without royalty to WCPE is granted to any entity (commercial, hobby, non-commercial, religious, subscription, etc.) legally disseminating, or enabling our dissemination, to the public.


That is awesome!
T
You may find this less awesome:

We pay our applicable copyright fees. You must pay your applicable copyright fees whether you carry us or not. You must have an agreement with the licensing agencies or you must rely on a statutory license. You are legally bound to verify your own situation!
Wescopc
Edit - I was typing while teched was posting above!

Note that they DO NOT pay the copyright fees for the re broadcaster:

We pay our applicable copyright fees. You must pay your applicable copyright fees whether you carry us or not. You must have an agreement with the licensing agencies or you must rely on a statutory license. You are legally bound to verify your own situation!

They allow you to to re broadcast and use their logos and trademarks without royalty to WCPE but make it clear that copyright fees are up to the re broadcaster. WCPE pays copyrights at the non-profit level for the initial broadcast but don't pay for retransmission.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

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One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

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Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

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Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

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Take The Money and Run - Steve Miller Band
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Run Joe -- Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
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Starting a thread klang !

After an amazing first 2 seasons and an 8 episode 3rd season still coming this year, season 4 has now been greenlit.

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Finished season 3 last night. Still one of my favorite shows.

Anyone else wonder if there might be something else going on with Callum? Seems to me he has too much access to Russian intelligence.
meStevo
One episode into season 4 that dropped today...

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Renewed for season 5.
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Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!
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KAB
Finished 4 last night. Great stuff.

They do like to end each season with a Bang!
Great ending, but it ran in circles most of the season.
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
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Almighty1
Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?
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I have a DISH Hopper 3 (Software H713) with Hopper Plus (Software P15403). I have not tried streaming services but I primarily watch TVB Jadeworld international package which is only available by streaming and when I have an issue, I usually have to go to a non-streaming satellite channel first before the streaming channels will work again. What software versions do you have and what is the error message if any are showing on your screen? or is that Dish downloading logo just stuck and never finishes?
I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.
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I'm on H713 on the Hopper and P15403 on the Hopper Plus. It shows internet connection issues and doesn't finish loading the various services. I see the "loading circle going around. Sometimes I get a message saying that the service is having trouble loading my content and to check the internet connection.
Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.
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Did it ever work correctly before? Hard to say what the problem is. Usually for streaming, it will show the Dish logo with lines sweeping down to show downloading, never seen the circle issue. Did you try a manual reboot, red button reset, power cord unplug/replug to see if it makes a difference.
Might be worth just to ditch the hopper plus. No issues here on h713
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Over the past few weeks, I have had problems connecting to streaming services (Netflix, HBO et al). When I go to the TV's native Channels, I have no problem. The Dish internet troubleshooter shows I have a good internet connection. I'm wondering whether it's an issue with my internet provider or a problem with the Dish software on the Hopper Plus. Anyone else seeing this?
Buy a roku and dump the hopper plus you'll be better off. If you have a smart tv you don't need either one. No hopper plus here and no issues!!!
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