SWCast.net licensing for freestreamhosting stations?

[Darxxide]

Is there a way to use SWCast.net or LoudCity's licensing method with my free stream? I'm not sure what the integration process would entail....

Thanks!

Andrew
Radio Darxxide

[wingman]

its very interesting what those two sites are doing in terms of legally licencing your station with a monthly fee covering everything including royalties, but its not cheap though is it, i believe its loud city that are charging well over a thousand a year for just 100 listeners, and for a hobby station like most of us here who make no revenue from broadcasting, not to mention i bet they will be making a profit somewhere from the costs, then if you want to go down the legal route, its probably better to contact the copyright people yourself, i reckon it will be a lot cheaper than that, although there will be more paper work involved, if you are using a free stream then its good to keep the cost down...

[thelegacy]

swcast.net charges about $12.99/mo for about 20 listeners listening 24/7. You can paste the code for the ads on their site and then your stations link would be something like this:

http://stations.swcast.net/yourstation

You can't launch the stream from your web page so you'd have to use a chat box servers like gagalive or several other free chat box services for your station to take requests.

Loudcity offers a complete licensing/hosting package costing $24.99/mo and you get 10 GB's of AutoDJ and 10 listener slots. If you want more slots or storage think $10 for either 10 more listener slots or 10 more GB's of storage.

If you want to sign up for a station legally you can use Loudcaster's service:
http://myradiostation.24ex.com

Then again I don't know if your in any trouble with a small service like the free shoutcast hosts because you may get 5-10 listeners a week but if it really bothers you then I'd suggest Loudcaster only because of the AutoDJ because you can run it 24/7. Being licensed does have privileges such as getting your Radio station on huge publishing services that will allow you to post your station such as Radiotime.com streamfinder.org and a host of others.

Hope this helps.