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Covers of songs, even if the covers use completely new styles are protected by copyright law and therefore can risk being claimed by YouTube's system: https://

• eru 5y ago
  I guess you need to make it a parody to be in the clear?
  • dylan604 5y ago
    I'm guessing the next Weird Al has already been disillusioned with the copyright ban hammer.
    • JeremyNT 5y ago
      Weird Al himself was well aware of this issue, and famously would only parody songs after receiving permission from the authors.
      • grayclhn 5y ago
        Permission from the authors is unfortunately different from permission by the copyright holders. IIRC Weird Al did it more for goodwill than legality.
      • stordoff 5y ago
        > Al does get permission from the original writers of the songs that he parodies. While the law supports his ability to parody without permission, he feels it’s important to maintain the relationships that he’s built with artists and writers over the years. Plus, Al wants to make sure that he gets his songwriter credit (as writer of new lyrics) as well as his rightful share of the royalties. https://www.weirdal.com/archives/faq/ https://www.weirdal.com/archives/faq/
    • throwaway17_17 5y ago
      Didn’t even need the next Weird Al. Al’s own YouTube videos were copyright claimed by his own label for violating copyright.
  • ksherlock 5y ago
    Not necessarily.... The Posterchild for parody is 2 Live Crew Pretty Woman. Which includes samples of the original Oh, Pretty Woman. Youtube videos get flagged for 10 seconds of a song snippet all the time. After the Campbell v Acuff-Rose Supreme Court decision, 2 Live Crew licensed the song from Acuff-Rose music. (which is what they tried to do in the first place).
  • SAI_Peregrinus 5y ago
    Parody is a fair use defense, so you have to go through a lawsuit to be able to assert it.