Can you record copyrighted songs and sell them on an album, if you state that it!


Question: Me and my band are wondering if we can record our cover of Stairway to Heavan and sell it on Itunes. Is that legal as long as we state that it is a cover?


Answers: Me and my band are wondering if we can record our cover of Stairway to Heavan and sell it on Itunes. Is that legal as long as we state that it is a cover?

IF you are going to record the Led Zep cover on your Cd and plan to sell the song. You will need to ask Led Zeps permission first of all before anything else you do....
Why? Because you are intending to sell your CD with thier song on it for money. So that means you will have to give Led Zep a small cut of your CD song profits because its their song. It's called "Song licensing" and you will need to pay a small royalty to Led Zep for licensing their song. You also need to fill out your Copyright paperwork and state that too.

Go here for more very detailed legal info on this subject. Good luck

www.copyright.gov
www.ascap.com
www.bmi.com

How about this. You write a song and copyright every note. That way if someone else wants to use it they have to pay you big bucks.

Yes as long as you state that it is a cover and it is by you.
Any band is allowed to cover any song.
Me and my band are covering "Break On Through" by The Doors

No. You need permission. Especially if you're planning on making money off it ~ no one's going to bust you in your garage, playing Stairway to Heaven, but that song 'belongs' to someone else. It's their artistic property and they own the rights to it.

You need to get permission in writing (c.y.a.). and once you get that you still need to disclose that the songs you recorded are cover songs and you need to give the artists credit on the album.

Vanella Ice recorded a cover of PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC with out permission and with out giving the original artist any credit and he got his butt sued.



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