Under copyright law, any song can be legally covered, as long as the proper fee is paid.
so that means i could release versions of kingdom songs? That would be kind of funny.
Can I cover a kingdom song?
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Solace1998
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Mysterious
Please add expletives if you do.
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Solace1998
that would breach the legal barriers, i think -- if you cover a song but alter it too much, you might be accused of copyright infringement.
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Gopher
When you cover a song, can you change the lyrics too -- or do you need permission from the copyright owner? I was thinking it would be funny if someone put Christmas lyrics or atheist lyrics to some of these songs.
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Solace1998
there are a couple of witness songs that already sound like christmas tunes hehe...
but yeah, i wonder. i think you cant actually. -
Mysterious
that would breach the legal barriers, i think -- if you cover a song but alter it too much, you might be accused of copyright infringement.
Think there is more to it than that. Compare the lyrics of these verions of "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
http://www.justsomelyrics.com/924443/N'sync-Leaving-on-a-Jet-Plane-Lyrics Nsync version -- "so many times I've played around"
http://www.stlyrics.com/songs/r/rancid3205/leavingonajetplanecover556587.html Rancid version -- "so many times I've f***ed around"Just one example I can think of.
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Solace1998
excellent point actually.
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amicus
Why would you do so? Nothing comes to mind that I really would care to hear again.
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Solace1998
I find some of them to be really beautifully done -- but this is coming from a musician, perhaps i appreciate things others dont...
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