How to Release A Cover Song (LEGALLY & Creatively)
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- Did you know that you technically don’t need a license to release a cover song on streaming platforms? And that if you post a cover song on youtube without obtaining a sync license, there’s a chance your channel can get a copyright strike?
These are just some of the very important things about copyright that so many musicians (including myself until recently) don't know, so I figured it was worth dedicating a video to addressing them.
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I did my research as well as I possibly could for this video, but I'm not a lawyer, just a music producer. Consider this as a fact-checking thread for anything I might have gotten wrong, and I'll do my best to add a disclaimer. Comment away!
I cannot thank you enough for this information, your sence of humor, and just how straightforward your pacing of the delivery was. It’s an art form and you got it down !
I’m so excited to go and hear your cover 😀
Two scenarios:
1. I cover an alt-folk song and turn it into a hardcore punk rock song - if I change the guitar solo, is that materially changing the spirit of the song?
2. Take #1 but translate/interpret the song into a different language. Still a cover song?
Scenario 3: where do parodies come in?
@@ronjie to the best of my knowledge… 1) changing the guitar solo should be fine; 2) I believe translations qualify as a “derivative work”, so if you want to release that commercially in the US you’ll need to contact the copyright holder; 3) This one’s so interesting and I wanted to include it in the video but didn’t have space. Weird Al style parodies that use the melody to make an entirely different song are derivative works and NOT cover songs. BUT there’s an exception in copyright law for “commentary and critique”. So parodies that solely make fun of the original lyrics or music videos don’t infringe the copyright. Do you remember The Key of Awesome? Huge parody channel back in the day, but they could only make parodies that poked fun at the original music videos because of this.
Great video Lucas! Was actually planning to release a cover of my own (already have a few on here) so I'm really grateful you made this video. :)
Thank you. Very interesting. This will only get more complicated with voice cloning (and even blending multiple voices using AI)
Appreciate the info!
Great work!! Thanks man 🎉
So, would you have to get a mechanical license for each song of is it kind of a blanket license?
Very useful cheers mate
Very informative
I got my eagles cover taken down and that’s why I’m here… haha love the note about the Eagles publisher
haha no way, I have a friend who had the same thing happen lol. It's so ridiculous!
I am here because i got a strike for uploading summer of 69 cover 😢
I am also here because of a bryan adams cover 😂
@@reevestimpson 😭 Universal music group put a strike in my channel and removed the cover too!! We have to be careful before covering Songs owned by Universal music group 🤟
@@SAZIZMUSIC yeah that’s a good point. I’m doing about a cover a week and I might just look into getting a license for each one just to be safe
Great video! Does this mean that we can buy cover vocals from Vokaal etc and release them on Spotify through distrokid?
I have no idea honestly, never heard of that site. There should be some kind of terms and conditions you could check on any site that sells royalty free samples (which I'm assuming Vokaal does)
Bro saved my life
so glad to hear it!
Hey Lucas, I’m doing a cover song in the same genre (maybe a little more metal) but I’m changing the lyrics - completely different verses and bridge but similar chorus. Do you have any resources to help with distribution on that?
this sounds like a tough one, if you're looking to get this on streaming you'd likely have to individually get permission from the copyright owner, so have a look into who that might be and contact them
Good idea, it’s from a major motion picture and the parody is for work as an inside joke of sorts, so I may just not release it at all
i think it also depnds on the artist/record label. i post guitar covers of songs (just a note for note play through of the guitar parts) mostly arctic monkeys, rhcp, nirvana and i get notifed that copyrighted music is in the video but that the owner doesnt require me to remove my video (im not moetized btw)
yeah exactly! this will be the case 99% of the time on youtube