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Radio Law

Rules Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) The DMCA is a federal law passed by Congress in 1996. Its rules are as follows.
During a three hour period one may:
- Play no more than three songs from a particular album;
- Play no more than two songs consecutively from a particular album;
- Play no more than four songs by a particular artist;
- Play no more than four songs from a boxed set; and
- Play no more than three songs consecutively from a boxed set.
In Addition:
- Advance program schedule or prior announcement of song titles may not be transmitted by text, video or audio.
- You may not publish advance program guides or use other means to pre-announce when particular sound recordings will be played.
- Your program must not be part of an “interactive service.” This means that you cannot perform sound recordings within one hour of a request by a listener or at a time designated by the listener.
Rebroadcasts of programs may be performed at scheduled times as follows:
- Programs of less than one-hour: no more than three times in a two-week period;
- Programs longer than one hour: no more than four times in any two-week period.
- Continuously looped program streams may not be less than three hours long (per cycle).
- You should pass through (and not disable or remove) identification or technological protection information included in the sound recording (if any).