Music rights remain one of the most confusing aspects of sharing songs online. Most musical artists, songwriters, record labels or some combination of all three hold the rights over songs determining how they can be used by other people. If you want to share music with other people on your blog or in a podcast, it gets really tricky because you might be violating someone’s rights (and be legally accountable for doing so) if you didn’t get permission first. IODA is trying to simplify this process by being the middleman for musicians who want to connect with blog and podcast audiences. The IODA PROMONET service is the clearinghouse for a library of songs available for sharing through blogs and podcasts. This isn’t some obscure archive of tracks either. IODA has approval for blogs and podcasts to share everything from Elton John, to Bach, to Kottonmouth Kings, to old school hip hop like Kool Keith and Doug E. Fresh. At the 2006 Portable Media Expo, Jake talked with Corey Denis of IODA about how PROMONET works. Jake asks about all the hypothetical scenarios, like playing music with ads, having a subscription fee, and when and where you can use the music, so you come away with a good idea where this music can be used without any repercussions.

Corey Denis of IODA on Sharing Music Online Legally