18 months ago i was in the process of setting up a new label, initially planned to be fat house / funky techo going out on 12", i had to pull away from it for a while, now im planning to relaunch, trouble is with the whole digital / vinyl thing going on, i think initially i want to play safer and 1st release a few digitally via mp3 downloads and cd.

i was hoping someone could give me some pointers here please, is there much legal work i need to do, organisations i need to register with etc, if the primary releases will be all unsigned material released as mp3, including my own?

will i need to register with the ppl, mcps, set up an official business etc?

is there minimum requirements for the digital distributors and download sites to accept a new label, so its not running totally un checked and selling random shit?

can anyone reccomend me the better download / distributor sites?

i suppose what im asking, is for a few step by step pointers to get setup initially purely for digital downloads, without getting screwed by some organisation or six??!

any help would be brilliant
thanks