01-07-2013, 22:20
Sona, you pose an interesting question ! Decades ago when the Internet, YouTube and dowloading music perse didn't exist, I am quite certain that an artist had to ask for permission to do a cover song. The original artist would get royalties (money) anyway. Now today with music being as common as dirt, it's probably easier to bypass the legal aspects ...I don't really know to tell you the truth. I just know that there are thousands of artists out there, that fact in itself would give lawyers a headache !...lol
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