Cover Song Licensing
Get permission to release your own recording of a song someone else wrote.
Getting Started
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- What information do you need from me for Cover Song Licensing?
- What do your Cover Song Licensing services do for me?
Cost, Timing, and Proof of Licensing
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- How Long Does It Take to Get My Proof of Licensing for a Cover Song?
- How Fast Can I Release My Cover Song?
- What Do I Get as Proof of Licensing for Cover Songs?
- Do I get the actual licenses, the paperwork signed by the publishers?
- Do All Copyright Owners Have to Sign a License?
What Your License Covers
- What types of uses does a Cover Song License allow?
- If I Do CDs and Digital Downloads, Does That Require Two Separate Licenses?
- Can I get just one license for a song that I will put on multiple albums?
- Does my album track order matter for Cover Song Licensing purposes?
- How do I credit the copyright holders?
Changing the Song
Outside the United States
Problems and Exceptions
- Why does my Cover Song status say "Custom Required?"
- What Cover Song exceptions should I watch out for?
- What if I cover a very obscure song?
- Song information changed after your experts researched the song. Now the wrong song is listed. What's up?
- What Do I Do if I Pay for the Wrong Song?
Streaming and the Music Modernization Act
- With the Music Modernization Act, Do I Need a Digital Download License?
- Is My Streaming License Bought Through Easy Song Still Valid?
- Is YouTube Included in the List of DSPs Legally Required to Handle Licensing for the Uploading of Cover Songs?
- How Can I Be Sure the Platform I Want to Upload My Song to Does Not Require Me to Obtain a Mechanical License?
- Why Might I Need to Pay for Custom Licensing to Get a Streaming License?
Units, Sales, and Reorders
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- How Many Units Do I License for My Cover Song?
- How Do I Know How Many Copies to License if I Haven't Even Released the Music Yet?
- Deciding How Many CDs To Make
- What if I Sell Out and Need to Distribute More Copies of My Album?
- How Does Licensing for Digital Downloads Work?
Seal of Authenticity
- Why get the Seal of Authenticity?
- What is the Seal of Authenticity?
- What is the International Database of Licensed Music (IDBLM)?
- Is the Seal of Authenticity required by law?
- How Does the Seal Work?