
Zaphod B
Raccoons-Be-Gone, Inc.
If I record a cover of copyrighted material, can I post the recording on a site like SoundClick, without permission, if I am not selling it or otherwise profiting financially?
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Nate74 said:I don't write good songs, but if I were to find a diamond in the rough someday and somebody else recorded it and made money on it,
Right. You pay the statuatory rate plus a per-song processing fee.A Reel Person said:Digital Licensing
HFA offers licensing for various digital formats, including full-length permanent digital downloads (DPD's), limited use digital downloads, on-demand streaming, and more.
What it boils down to is that you pay the statutory rate (19¢) per song stream and download, which is accounted for monthly.
Since there's no way to know if he is or isn't making money directly, or indirectly for that matter, the rules apply to ALL usage. If I recorded a CD with 9 originals and 1 cover, could I sell the CD as a 9 song CD and claim the cover was free? Or if I recorded a few covers, made a demo that I gave out for the purpose of getting live shows (paying) could I use the tunes fro free? Obviously not, so the law is pretty specific on what you have to pay for. All Usage.DavidK said:Read the first post. He has no intentions of making money.
Nate74 said:So I don't think that just claiming "I don't intend to make money off this" will save him. .
Yep! The only question left to answer is, "How much?"Nate74 said:But regardless of how your proceed, I think we can all agree you're about to write somebody a check...