If you also want to offer the song for download, for example via iTunes or Bandcamp, or also physically publish the track on CD or vinyl, you need a separate license. You can obtain them from collecting societies such as GEMA, SUISA or AKM. Important: If, for example, you want to cover a song by a British artist, you don`t necessarily have to contact the UK collecting society. Collecting societies are all interconnected, so you can easily get in touch with the one you already work with. YouTube is full of covers. From independent artists to toddlers to superstars, some of the most viewed videos on the internet happen to be cover songs. Whether the video involves a rock band in concert or a six-year-old at the piano, most of these covers are released without permission from the song`s copyright holder. In other words, they are published illegally. Read on to find out the answer to this question: Do you need permission to cover a song on YouTube? I plan to create a Youtube channel in the near future. I intend to download covers of music there (I would sing and play an instrument). But through some research, I`m not sure I`m allowed to do that, because somehow I don`t see through all the legal stuff.
So now to my questions Can I download such videos? or How can I legally download covers? Can anything happen if I just downloaded it? Youtube has now reached an agreement with GEMA, does this agreement also address this issue? Thanks in advance 🙂 @Hartmut: In the meantime, there is the “Audio Library” (www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/) Publishing a cover is tricky, because you are neither the composer nor the lyricist of the song and therefore have no copyright on the track. However, you can quickly gain new listeners with a successful cover version. Luckily, you just need to keep a few things in mind to publish your version legally. Submitting a request for copyright removal is a legal procedure. What really happens to youtube videos if the owner of the video dies and decrees in the will that all files in his name are deleted? How can this be applied legally? Even some artists are in favor of copyright law finally being adapted to the Internet. Deichkind has done this in the past. In their song “Illegal Fans” it says, “Copyright is something for losers.” For the video of the song, they used themselves freely on the Internet. Hi all. As far as I know, it is illegal to put your own cover of a GEMA-protected song on the Internet. Yes, but vllt. isn`t it legal for them to do that, I`m not sure as I said 🙂 What criteria should I pay attention to be able to download music to Youtube without getting into trouble? But a lot of the people who cover the songs come from America and there`s no Gema And if it`s not legal, what can happen the worst? When someone records and releases a song, you are free to do your own cover of that song by obtaining a mechanical or “compulsory” license. Then, each time your cover is sold or reproduced, you (or your record company) must pay the legal royalties for that song (currently 9.1¢ per copy in the United States).
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