That sounds promising! ^^ I saw a few articles, but I guess I'm always overly suspicious about stuff.. : P This sounds exciting, then! : D
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We Are The Hits (WATH) - Addressing cover song legality issues?
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offbeatbryce
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That sounds promising! ^^ I saw a few articles, but I guess I'm always overly suspicious about stuff.. : P This sounds exciting, then! : D
You can get an EIN number. Much safer than giving out your SSN
That's a fantastic idea! Thanks! : D I didn't know those existed.. >.> They need to teach this stuff in school. lol!You can get an EIN number. Much safer than giving out your SSN
offbeatbryce
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That's a fantastic idea! Thanks! : D I didn't know those existed.. >.> They need to teach this stuff in school. lol!
Only thing I'm not sure about is changing the lyrics or overall melody. Legally changing the lyrics or melody is a derivative work. I don't think this is cleared with WATH. So you would need to stick to the melody and lyrics as the original.
I think playing songs as an instrumental version without lyrics is also considered a derivative.. I might try to come up with something played on a violin and see if they will accept it. ^^Only thing I'm not sure about is changing the lyrics or overall melody. Legally changing the lyrics or melody is a derivative work. I don't think this is cleared with WATH. So you would need to stick to the melody and lyrics as the original.
offbeatbryce
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I think playing songs as an instrumental version without lyrics is also considered a derivative.. I might try to come up with something played on a violin and see if they will accept it. ^^
That's not a derivative if the melody is the same.
offbeatbryce
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I think playing songs as an instrumental version without lyrics is also considered a derivative.. I might try to come up with something played on a violin and see if they will accept it. ^^
I tried uploading a cover with them and they didn't claim my video as per the policy you first had in your post.
Did they claim anything? I was under the impression that they would claim it and then either post it (or let you upload it) to your Youtube afterwards with the 3rd party claim added. I haven't tried it yet...I'll have to try it sometime soon to see what happens.I tried uploading a cover with them and they didn't claim my video as per the policy you first had in your post.
offbeatbryce
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Did they claim anything? I was under the impression that they would claim it and then either post it (or let you upload it) to your Youtube afterwards with the 3rd party claim added. I haven't tried it yet...I'll have to try it sometime soon to see what happens.
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Did they claim anything? I was under the impression that they would claim it and then either post it (or let you upload it) to your Youtube afterwards with the 3rd party claim added. I haven't tried it yet...I'll have to try it sometime soon to see what happens.
Good News KOBALT Publishing just emailed me and told me they recently struck a deal with YouTube to allow cover song monetization through YouTube.
Now you have Universal, Warner, Sony and Kobalt who allow this on YouTube.
That sounds great! : D Thanks for sharing! I hope it applies worldwide! ^-^ Maybe we could get a list going that tracks this kind of information... ^^didn't claim anything.[DOUBLEPOST=1433819462,1433819385][/DOUBLEPOST]
Good News KOBALT Publishing just emailed me and told me they recently struck a deal with YouTube to allow cover song monetization through YouTube.
Now you have Universal, Warner, Sony and Kobalt who allow this on YouTube.