One was a friend I browbeat into giving it a try. In short, amateur webcasting is a shiny toy, not a ticket to fame and fortune. No story about digital music is complete without a disclaimer. Webcasting is a new and legally amorphous area. If you transmit copyrighted music over the Internet, even perfectly legal tunes given away by musicians, you are technically violating international intellectual property agreements.
Nothing kills the amateur radio star quicker than the spectre of a big bill from the record company.
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