
Planning on releasing a cover song? You’ll need a license for that. Even if you don’t stand to profit from your release—you still need a mechanical license to release your cover song.
Our partner—Easy Song Licensing—can help you get a mechanical license for your cover songs. That means they’ll contact the copyright holders and help you obtain 100% of the rights you need to release any cover song.
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Get startedA mechanical license pays the songwriter or publisher who owns the copyright to a composition when you create and release your recording on CDs, digital downloads and streams, vinyl, cassettes, and even ringtones.
You need a mechanical license whenever you record and sell/give away a cover version of another musician’s song. Once you have that license secured you can legally distribute someone else’s composition.