I am preparing a business plan for a music web site
for Licensed Indian music content - audio only

Could you please send me the following 
-- the tariff information
---how do we get the content
-- what log do we need maintain
-- how long is the license valid for
-- Particularly interested in Hindi, Tamil and Telugu and Hindustani
and Carnatic music

If you could reply to this I would greatly appreciate it

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 27 Sep 2004 00:35 PDT

I am not familiar with the specifics involved with a License but I do know
of 3 Organizations you can get in contact with:

Indian Performing Rights Society
http://www.indiavibes.com/iprs/

Indian Music Industry
http://www.indianmi.org/index.htm

Phonographic Performance Ltd.
http://www.pplindia.org/index1.asp

Please let me know if this helps you.

Thank you.

-googleexpert

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Clarification of Question by mkotha-ga on 28 Sep 2004 06:48 PDT

Thanks for the information.
Unfortunately these were the same sites I went through before I asked the question.
None of the sites have a valid email address to contact nor the links
to tarriff /application pages are broken.

Any additional info on this would be greatly appreciated.

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Request for Question Clarification by googleexpert-ga on 28 Sep 2004 09:16 PDT

You are right about the invalid email addresses, 
I tried contacting IPRS and IMI and got back "invalid message" and
"over quota"

I did manage to get contact addresses for two of the three publishers:
 

Indian Music Industry
======================
Registrant Name:The Indian Music Industry
Registrant Organization:The Indian Music Industry
Registrant Street1:B-39, Flameproof Equipment Bui
Registrant Street2:4th Floor
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Mumbai
Registrant State/Province:Maharashtra
Registrant Postal Code:400053
Registrant Country:IN
Source: http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=indianmi.org


Phonographic Performance Ltd.
===============================

Registrant Name:Phonographic Performance Ltd.
Registrant Organization:Phonographic Performance Ltd.
Registrant Street1:B-39, Flameproof Equipment Bui
Registrant Street2:2nd Floor, Off New Link Road,
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Mumbai
Registrant State/Province:Maharashtra
Registrant Postal Code:400053
Registrant Country:IN

Source: http://www.whois.net/whois.cgi2?d=pplindia.org

Also I found some information on how much Radio Stations pay per hour
in India:
Hopefully, I'm converting it correctly, but it amounts to roughly
750Rs or $16US per hour

Hotels hit odd note on music copyright fee
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=35169
Currency Converter: http://www.xe.com/ucc/convert.cgi

Please let me know if this helps you.

Thanks again.

-googleexpert

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Clarification of Question by mkotha-ga on 30 Sep 2004 08:06 PDT

I managed to call the office in Chennai-India
ans spoke to a person and the correct emnail address to that person is
ebenezer@indianmi.org

Waiting for my clarification from that person.

You can close this issue from your side, I leave it up to you whether
to charge me or not.

Thanks for all your help.

Hi,
I did manage to get a phone number for the Indian Music Industry:

The Indian Music Industry
Flameproof Equipment Bldg,
2nd & 4th floor,
B-39, Off New Link Rd.
Andheri (W)
Mumbai-400053
MAHARASHTRA
Phone-26736301
Fax-26736304

[Country Code (India)]: +91

I also found contact information for the IPRS as well:

LICENCING OFFICE :
206, Blue Diamond, 
Juhu Road,
Santacruz (West),
Mumbai - 400 049.
Tel : 91-22-6045933

Source: http://www.indiavibes.com/iprs/board.htm

Hope that helps you and good luck with your business plan.

Sincerely,

-googleexpert