What rights for covers?
If I wanted to use - not the original recording - but a cover of a major-label artist's song in a video project, what rights/licenses do I need to secure? Let's assume I can get licensing from the cover band without too much problem.
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Then you still need permission from the copyright owner... either the one who wrote it, or the person/company who the rights were assigned to. But, not from the entity that owns the recording (since you will be using a different recording than the original).
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Good luck getting any sort of a reply...
We have been trying to get rights to record a version of a song and also to get sync rights so we can do a video. After a long time we finally got the email address of the person we needed to contact and a bit of an intro to her - that was three months ago - not a word. You know I would be happy if they got back to us and said "no" - at least we would have an answer. But I guess that would be too much work... So if you get anywhere with this, please give us an update... |
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Just for your info Steve, Harry Smith does not handle this band, we checked there first - this is an indie band (due to their bad experience with record companies in the past). The person we got the contact info from is close to the band and notified the contact of our wishes and that we would be contacting her. We're not done trying yet, but I just wanted to let Brian know that getting any response at all is tough when you're a nobody - we'll I'm a nobody, I guess I shouldn't include people I don't know...
Has anyone reading this (who isn't associated with a major production company) ever received sync rights for a piece of music that was on the radio? I'd love to here that story! |
opps why did I write Harry Smith? I meant Fox - the gray matter is going quick...
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When I said they were an indie band I meant that they self publish and do everything themselves there is no one else to contact - not everybody goes with ascap , bmi, or whatever.
I was a bit surprised that a band made up of people that were part of a number of major acts in the past would go this route, but come to think of it, everyone I know that has (or had) a contract with a major record company feels ripped off. Besides, when making a video, if you can't get sync rights there is no use to go further. well, we beat that horse to death... |
Err, misread original post - deleted
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