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  2. Mechanical license - Wikipedia

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    Recording artists also use this when they record cover versions of songs. This is common among artists who don't usually write their own songs. In the United States, this is required by copyright law regardless whether or not the copies are for commercial sale. The musician must serve the copyright owner a Notice of Intent (NOI) to obtain a ...

  3. Music licensing - Wikipedia

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    copyright literally, 'the right to copy.' The owner of a copyright has five exclusive rights: reproduction (copying), preparing derivative works (adaptation), distributing copies to the public, performing the work publicly, and displaying the work in public. Prior to 1886, no effective international law of copyright existed.

  4. Cover version - Wikipedia

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    In popular music, a cover version, cover song, remake, revival, or simply cover is a new performance or recording by a musician other than the original performer or composer of the song. Originally, it referred to a version of a song released around the same time as the original in order to compete with it.

  5. Performing rights - Wikipedia

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    Therefore, the law recognizes each category of works as a separate property right that is protected by itself despite being incorporated into another work. Thus, the composer of a musical work or the author of a literary work can continue to maintain copyright in their works despite licensing the same to the producer for the creation of a ...

  6. Copyright law of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The copyright law of the United States grants monopoly protection for "original works of authorship". [1] [2] With the stated purpose to promote art and culture, copyright law assigns a set of exclusive rights to authors: to make and sell copies of their works, to create derivative works, and to perform or display their works publicly. These ...

  7. Music law - Wikipedia

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    Indeed, music law covers a range of traditional legal subjects including intellectual property law (copyright law, trademarks, image publicity rights, design rights), competition law, bankruptcy law, contract law, defamation and, for the live events industry, immigration law, health and safety law, and licensing.

  8. Artists can cover Taylor Swift, but what if it's a leaked ...

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    Singer Steven Wilmot posted a cover of "Need" on Feb. 13th, and it sent the Taylor Swift fandom on TikTok into a tailspin wondering whether the singer was somehow behind the song or if it was an ...

  9. Synchronization rights - Wikipedia

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    In many cases, producers with tight budgets will elect to use a cover version of a particular song or work with independent artists in order to save money on the master side. In doing so they can ask the artist to write original music or submit music that would be considered "work-for-hire" where they would buy artist out of their master side.