mp3 hosting

[hyperblue]

Hi,

I am a radio artist & downtempo music producer from Turkey.
I go by the name Fuz Hyperblue and so, I plan to work with Bluehost
( groovy isnt it :D )

I am going to host my radio shows, as well as my own productions, and going to make them available to download.

My radio already pays yearly fee's to several recording assosications, so I have no copyright problem for tracks on my radio shows.

My question is, does Bluehost have any oppositions to such kind of mp3 hosting?

Thank you in advance

Yours Sincerely,
Fuz Hyperblue

[charlesgan]

in a glance .. there is not.
better email to sales @ bluehost to confirm on this.
or live chat with them to confirm.

[Early Out]

Bluehost doesn't allow copyrighted material to be stored on its servers (unless you actually own the copyright, of course). They can't rely on your assurances that you have paid the appropriate fees, and I don't think they have enough staff to carve out exceptions to their rules, and police the accounts.

[charlesgan]

...until one day someone get a lawyer to write to BH and file the infringer case. then there is an issue. :D

[hofmax]

The way that you've described your case I believe you won't have a problem if you are the content owner. Problems will arise though if you have huge demand for your mp3s and your site receives many concurrent downloads.

[hyperblue]

thank you all for your replies

@charlesgan
I opened a ticket, thanks. bluehost replied: That does seem fine and most of this should not be a problem. You may though need to talk with our abuse department and find out the laws we are under for music sharing.

@Early Out
I may obtain legal documents if I'm asked for. My current hosting company never asked for it though...

@hofmax
I own my composings of course, but for radioshows, my radio pays legal fees. I dont think there will be any huge demand.


ps: my current hosting is canaca.com, my current website is thehyperblue.com

[Early Out]

I may obtain legal documents if I'm asked for. My current hosting company never asked for it though...That's what I meant about BH not having the staff to police it. They won't ask for legal documents. They'll just delete the files, and suspend your account.

[hyperblue]

That's what I meant about BH not having the staff to police it. They won't ask for legal documents. They'll just delete the files, and suspend your account.

But if I spoke to the abuse & tech departments like I did earlier :rolleyes: and make myself clear, they are going to be aware of what I'm going to host and come to an understanding, not to delete anything without having some idea about what those files are...? :cool:

or they dont have the time to evaluate hosted files you say? :)

[Early Out]

It's worth a try, but with 300,000 domains in a shared environment, they might just decide that the $7 a month they get from you isn't worth the effort. But heck, there's no harm in asking them - the worst that can happen is that they can say "no!"

You could also sign up, load up your stuff, and see what happens. If the volume is low, it might just disappear under the radar, and no harm is done. If there's a problem with it, you can get a prorated refund on the hosting fees, and find another home. Just make sure you keep local copies of your files - storage is cheap, but data recovery isn't!

[hyperblue]

storage is cheap, but data recovery isn't!



as someone in between a tech enthusiast and a geek, I have a raid storage at home :)

thank you again for your concerns

[charlesgan]

found this bluehost term of service.
http://www.bluehost.com/terms_of_service.html


Copyright Notice Infringement Information
In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Bluehost.com has adopted a policy that provides for termination of websites hosted by Bluehost.com that are found to infringe on copyrights of third parties. If a copyright holder believes that there has been a violation of his or her copyright on a website that is hosted by Bluehost.com or its subsidiaries, and the copyright holder wants Bluehost.com to remove the website or disable the material in question, Bluehost.com will remove the website or disable the material if the copyright holder provides us with all of the following information:

1. A signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. Identification of the copyrighted work that is claimed is being infringed, or, in the case of claimed infringement of multiple copyrighted works, a representative list of such works.

2. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or is the subject of infringing activity and that should be removed or access to which should be disabled, with information reasonably sufficient to permit us to locate the material.

3. Information reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact the person giving the notification, such as an address and telephone, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which such person may be contacted.

4. A statement that the person giving the notification has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

5. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the person giving the notification is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.


seem like there copyright 'owner' need to do lots of work to get the material removed from your site. :)

[Early Out]

BH will remove material without any demand by the copyright owner at all. That clause only explains what happens when a copyright owner actually does demand that material be removed. It doesn't explain what BH can do on its own initiative, and what it has done to other users.

Check out this thread (http://www.bluehostforum.com/showthread.php?t=8563), for example.

[charlesgan]

as when that happened, you can use this term of service agreement to back you up.

unless its a obvious copyright material.
with britney spear photo... spiderman movie clips.. sony music sound track etc.
that is suicide mission at here. :rolleyes:

[2ls2dance]

Problems will arise though if you have huge demand for your mp3s and your site receives many concurrent downloads.

What exactly this means?