APRA AMCOS Insights: Performing and Releasing Other People’s Music
6This Insights session took place on April 17.
Performing music by other artists you love is fun, allows you to put your own new twist on a well-known song and can expand your audience.
But if the music isn’t entirely your own it can also mean there are other considerations.
03:17 Webinar topic starts / Define a cover song or a rendition.
04:28 Are cover versions registered with APRA AMCOS?
07:17 What if I’m in a cover band?
10:36 Live performance report
14:49 Permission to release physical copies of cover version
17:12 Permission to release digital copies of cover version
18:58 Defining an arrangement verses a cover version.
20:49 - Registering arrangements with APRA AMCOS.
32:39 - Difference between a Remix and a Cover/Rendering (Also Composition vs Sound Recording)
35:24 - Permission for Remixes
40:49 - Sampling: different to a cover version or arrangement
42:00 - Interpolation / quotation
43:46 - Sync for covers on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
45:44 - How YouTube detects and reports copyright music / cover versions.
47:19 - How Facebook, Instagram and TikTok detect and report copyright music / cover versions.
48:10 - How to get permission to use another’s copyright musical work.
49:34 - Public Domain.
52:48 - Fair Dealing (and NOT Fair Use).