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Are coversongs alowed on Metalabel?

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harigeharry
February 26, 2009

Dear Amiri and others, Is it allowed to put coversongs (originaly written by another artist, put played in a different way) on my profile? We as a band do have a contract with the Dutch association that represents the original artists (BuMa/Stemra): we pay an anual fee for playing coversongs that goes to the original (international) songwriters. In the contract it is stated that we can share our songs with others without limits as long as we share them for free. Many thanks in advance, Mech

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Posted by amiri on amiri picture

It sounds like the legal stuff has been handled on your end. It seems safe to me. Considering that you cannot sell the songs, it seems even safer. Go ahead.

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Many thanks, Amiri, for your kind and VERY quick answer. I think Supermoderator has been spotted :) (not a bad bandname, haha).

Have you made this your job or is it a sheer hobby? Anyhow: it's GREAT to be part of this!

I'm curious about your songs as well, I'll take a look and tell you what my opinion is.

Thanx for this wonderful initiative,

Mechiel

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Posted by amiri on amiri picture

You're welcome for this wonderful initiative! :) I am no musician--I played around a couple of times with some mixing software, and made a couple of hip-hop beats, took clarinet and piano a loooong time ago, but I'm really just a super fan!

As for job or hobby, this is a startup, so it's a little bit of both!

Amiri