Guest Bob Double Jack Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 anyone know the legalities of posting covers of tunes on facebook pages ? Is this allowed legally, or do you have to seek permission from the original publishers / authors / etc?it's completely not for profit if this makes any difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Easy Wishes Posted March 2, 2011 Report Share Posted March 2, 2011 Just play your own music and there won't be a problem LOL.Seriously, there's very little likelihood of there every being a problem and even if there was they would simply ask you to take it down rather than chasing you for any compensation because you're not nor seeking to make any money out of selling it.It's a bit of a grey area as to whether it's actually breach of copyright law anyway. It's more likely to be in breach of Facebook's own terms and conditions than be a valid legal argument (as copyright violation). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOX Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 If it's attributed as a cover I can't see any problems whatsoever, especially as you don't plan to make money off them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Double Jack Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 thanks for the info folks, much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Rocker Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 There's absolutely no problem with it at all. We had some spare studio time and for a laugh recorded a cover which turned out really well. We wanted to put it up on our myspace page but contacted the original artist first, and their management got back saying anyone can play anything they want. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monk Rocker Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 From: THE BAMBOOS (56090688)To: The Leonard Jones Potential (285662445)Date: 19 Sep 2009, 20:48Subject: RE: I Don't Wanna Stop cover.Hi there. Any person can freely cover a song without permission. Just be sure to supply composer and publisher details if it is officially released. Upload for sure. Looking forward to hearing it.Thanks,The Bamboos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beetlejuice Posted March 4, 2011 Report Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yep, technically the copyright of the recording of your cover is owned by you - so if you want to post it, you are free to do so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bob Double Jack Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 nice one folks, thats eased the mind a bit. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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