Sample Clearence

[CANINE704]

I'm thinking of turning my demo into a ep release with like 4 songs and selling it... but like 3 of everbody's favorite joints have samples and of course I cant sell it without sample clearence.So does anyone here know how to go about getting clearence from these companies.

[Raticus]

You must contact the copyright owners (Publishing companies and Labels) which are listed on the record you sampled from.... You are going to have to clear the Sound Recording copyright (normally owned by the label) and the Compostion copyright (normally owned by the writer).....

I personally really wouldn't worry about this unless you plan to market this nationally or something on a large scale.....

My peeps who put out albums which had sold 50 - 60,000 copies ain't clear not one sample and they had distrubution Nationally and in some other countries.....


If you do deceide to clear though I have heard some are suprisingly very reasonable with the advances prices...... Expect to give up a lot of the publising on the song....


Hope this helps....


Raticus

[Devilfire]

very true , sample clearance is not a big deal until the"music"gets major attention,then you better wacth out....there are services that can contact the publishing company of the artist you sampled for a fee (if you dont want to do it yourself)

[Blue Bear Sound]

http://www.harryfox.com

[Raticus]

I didn't know Harry Fox did that..... I thought they just dealt with negotiating mechanicals rights.....


Learn something everyday....

Raticus

[Blue Bear Sound]

I could be wrong.... there's a FAQ at the site.... may provide more info........

[Devilfire]

there is also an option to buy out the copyright owner for the material you wish to use so.
If you wanted you could try to buy the rights to the entire song instead of getting permission to use a small part of it
Basically the song is now yours.....

[Devilfire]

I though harry fox agency was only publishing company

[Raticus]

Very costly $$$$$$$......

[Blue Bear Sound]

Originally posted by Devilfire
I though harry fox agency was only publishing company

No... Harry Fox handles mechanical licenses for previously recorded and copyrighted material.

[gec]

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.................. too bad you don't like me canine.......

Licensing is my business.....................

[CANINE704]

Fellas, thanks for the the help (especially blue bear considering our history) Ohhh Yeah......too bad Gec...too bad