The government has produced a promotional video for Talossa!  It's in contemporary TikTok style and 50 seconds long, and we think things like this have a chance of going viral again.  It's not a sure thing, of course, but we can re-use stuff like this many times in the future.

This is a first attempt, so please -- give us your feedback!  What needs to be fixed?  What needs to be added?  What hits wrong?

https://youtube.com/shorts/U3JQ6cYlVMY

To Do List

• Remove audio noise.

I am not hugely political. I know the party leader quite well, though, so it is an easy decision on which party to support.

I have been listening to some of Mariah Carey's music from twenty years ago. I also like Utada.

ok it appears there is a plurality without opposition so this is inching forward.

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I'm a Talossan lawyer, but that doesn't make me any kind of lawyer you'd want for any other court, much less a copyright and licensing lawyer, much less a British copyright and licensing lawyer.  But the PPL Linear Webcast License states pretty specifically that it doesn't cover any broadcasting outside of its "extended territory," which includes places like Mexico and Germany (for an annual £90), but does not include the United States.  Right now, the PPL fee is £207.

https://www.ppluk.com/help-centre/faq/besides-the-uk-which-countries-can-i-stream-to-under-a-linear-webcast-licence/

It seems like you also need another license, the PRS, too.

If your broadcast can be accessed in the United States, though, none of the copyright holders get paid for any listeners there, and so you need to pay for the rights to that by joining one of the licensing groups like ASCAP.

Honestly, the whole thing for Option 2 is just a nightmare, and unless you can drag a pro in here to work on it like @Sevastáin Pinátsch (who's no longer a citizen) then you're probably better off going for Option 1 or 3.

RadioKing sounds like a good choice for Option 3.

The Internet radio website appears to be more of a signposting to indervidual streams sites, but it does look like sites are run by companies like https://www.radioking.com/?utm_campaign which lowest is 19 dollars a month which could suit our needs

Thoughts in option 2 and kinda option 1,

I does depend on definitions and legalisams, is it wear the music is being streamed from or what country is hosting the domain that needs the licence, however its my understanding it would be where the music is being played rom that would be the place where licence would apply.

 Key Considerations for Royalty-Free Music:
Definition: This is music where the artists are not registered with major PROs (Performing Rights Organisations) like PPL PRS, allowing you to bypass typical licensing fees.
Usage Rights: While you don't need a public performance licence, you often need a subscription to a specific service (e.g., Background Sounds) that provides the music.
Commercial Use: Ensure the license specifically allows for commercial, public, or online use.
Risk of Mislabeling: Some music platforms may incorrectly label music as "royalty-free," which could cause issues

Okay, sounds like we have something going, here!

It seems like there are three approaches:

-No copyright.  Here, you'd broadcast only stuff that you had the rights to broadcast, as well as stuff that was royalty-free.  So this would include probably all Talossan content, plus royalty-free music (or music from a subscription service that includes royalty-free use of so many songs, usually for a monthly fee, like Epidemic Sound or Artlist).  This could be done with the Synology, or through a service like https://www.internet-radio.com/  The cost would be minimal.

-Music webcasting.  Here we get complicated, because the PPL license in the UK is intended for predominantly UK audiences.  You'd need two licenses for the UK (PPL and PRS) and then the US license probably ASCAP.  Honestly, we're talking like thousands of dollars at the end of the day.  You probably can't do this.

-A service like Live365 (https://live365.com/) which does everything for you, but which costs $65 a month.  This is a level of expense with which the Kingdom couldn't realistically do much except to defray a bit of that cost.  You'd probably need sponsors willing to shell out to cover the cost... $780 a year isn't insurmountable, but it's a lot.

Quote from: Baron Alexandreu Davinescu on February 17, 2026, 08:48:51 AM@Tierçéu Rôibeardescù , @Mximo Malt , @Barclamïu da Miéletz , and @Marcel Eðo Pairescu Tafial, UrGP , are you guys interested in moving forward with this?  I'd love to help get the infrastructure set up for broadcast, if you are.

I could do talking and stuff.