Is it illegal to distribute music on a personal created website through streaming?

Question

A person I know wants to start her own online radio with chat and other features. But she wants to know, would it be illegal to distribute her musicn through streamline in her personal website if she buys the music or does she need permits and if so where can she get them?

Answer 1

Any performance of music or public airing requires a license from copyright holders in your country. In the US that is ASCAP,BMI, and SESAC .

If it's her music that she wrote, then she can stream it all she wants with no issues, however if anything was written by or performed by a professional musician, then it requires that license..

Not knowing the country, it would be hard to tell you, but google or yahoo search ASCAp and BMI in the US for help