Alternative to MixCloud for sharing radio shows with copyrighted songs?

November 3, 2022 11:40 AM

MixCloud is about to limit uploads for their free tier. I use MixCloud to share full radio shows containing copyrighted songs. Are there any other services that legally host mixes or radio shows and pay the required royalties?

This is for my KFOG fan site (Projects: https://projects.metafilter.com/5664/KFOG-Forever). It's purely a hobby, and I'm not monetizing it in any way, so I think MixCloud's $180 a year (as it will be after the 3-month discount period) is not going to work for me.

Since these are radio shows full of popular, commercial, copyrighted recordings, I think I need to find a service that pays the royalties and has a legal right to host and stream the shows.

I am sharing these shows with the general public, and have gotten maybe 50 plays per track on the more popular shows.

Are there any alternatives to MixCloud for hosting an archive of commercial radio shows?

Is there any way I could easily pay the royalties myself, if I hosted the files myself? (Something like Harry Fox, but for tiny music fan websites?)

Thanks!

posted by kristi to Computers & Internet