Your interpretation. The right preparation.

Make the licensing questions part of the release plan when recording someone else’s song.

Licensing support planned

The considered details

Built around
your music.

Identify the work

Record the original song, writers and your intended version.

Define the use

Consider territories, formats and whether the arrangement changes the work.

Keep evidence

Hold the permissions and licence information needed for the intended release.

How it fits together

A clearer way forward.

Describe

Set out the work and the proposed recording.

Check

Find the licence or permission needed for that use.

Prepare

Document the outcome before submission.

No licence is purchased or granted through this preview. Licensing needs vary by territory and use; samples, translations and video uses may require separate permissions.

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