What is a Statutory Broadcast license and what does it mean?
A Statutory License is a class of music broadcast and use that conforms to guidelines set forth by the RIAA and other music authorities. SneakerRadio is registered with the Library of Congress and qualifies as a Statutory Broadcaster. Without going into all the technical mumbo-jumbo SneakerRadio is not an interactive music program source like a jukebox. We also don’t play requests within one hour of the request being made nor do we “billboard” or pre-announce specific song selections before they play. There are also rules governing artist and song seperation in our radio playlist. For this reason it is unlikely you will hear the same artist played in the same hour or the same song within 4 hours of the last play. Why do we do this? It costs a whole lot less in music license fees and it makes the record companies much happier since we don’t interfere with their normal sales process! When you talk to the music authorities about a music license for your store make sure you tell them that
