Anybody know copyright laws regarding soundtracks?

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Anybody know copyright laws regarding soundtracks?

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If I don't have nor can get rights to a song, can I record a cover of it and use that (if no soundtrack is sold seperate of the film itself)?

I assumed that's how the I Am Sam soundtrack came to be, when they couldn't get rights to the Beatles' work.

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So this would be for commercial release then?
I can't imagine there not being a conflict with the copyright in that situation.
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Yeah i still think you have to get it licensed. Have you tried contacting the original creators of the song?
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RunsWithBuffalo wrote:Yeah i still think you have to get it licensed. Have you tried contacting the original creators of the song?
Yeah, I have. It's been a pain.

I'll probably just work on an instrumental that has the same feel to it.
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