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Making even a single word change to a cover song, even if you paid the compulsory license fee, is not fair use. Wouldn't obtaining a license supercede any clai
by thwarted 3y ago
Making even a single word change to a cover song, even if you paid the compulsory license fee, is not fair use.
Wouldn't obtaining a license supercede any claims of fair use? The defense wouldn't be "this falls under fair use", the defense would be "I've licensed this, there can't be any complaint".
- gjsman-1000 3y agoI am speaking of the compulsory license that music companies are obligated to offer if you want to make a commercially-produced cover of a song. Currently, it costs 9.1 cents per copy that you sell of a covered song. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_license https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mechanical_license You might read the above and go, “wait, that wasn’t Fair Use this whole time?” Nope. Fair Use doesn’t cover nearly as much as people think.