RachelMoira

Hey Kats, There are lots of clubs in SL that frequently hire hosts and train them. Dancers are a bit lower demand in recent times. The best way to find a job is to hang out in places where you like the music and atmosphere, and make friends with the people on stage (as well as regular patrons). By building up a reputation and knowledge of SL in general, and the club specifically, you will be a natural candidate when there are openings. On a side note, most host jobs make between $L200 and $L1000 for 2 hours of work, that converts to roughly $1-$5 US, so if you're looking at a job for the money it's better to become a creator than a host/dj/dancer.

I would like to see an official Linden Labs response to this question. While BMI and ASCAP agree that it is the "Business Owners" responsibility and that even if the DJ is an "Independent Contractor" (owns his/her own business) the venue (Nightclub, website, etc ...) is still responsible for the licensing NOT THE DJ, Linden Labs states that you cannot share Intellectual Property which you do not have permission to share on thier service. Since SL broadcasts music in EVERY PART of the SL world that is covered by the ASCAP and various international copyright management companies, it should be able to be safely assumed that they have obtained those broadcast rights and that music from those libraries (which are EXCLUSIVELY rebroadcast within SL) are already protected by those licenses. If, however, a ShoutCast or IceCast (as examples) is broadcast both within and OUTSIDE of SL, a seperate license would need to be held by that individual broadcaster.