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Cover Song Licensing

Post by Hookjaw Brown » Thu Jul 29, 2010 11:29 am

CDBaby just announced a partnership with Limelight to offer licensing of any song for just $15 plus mechanicals (about $.10 per unit). Pretty cheap lifetime license.
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Re: Cover Song Licensing

Post by mojobone » Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:12 pm

I hear Google (YouTube) is cutting a deal with Harry Fox; maybe we'll start to see some income from all those YouTube covers, heh. (not holding my breath) ;)
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Re: Cover Song Licensing

Post by suzdoyle » Fri Jul 30, 2010 11:50 pm

Hmm, I heard about CD Baby, but not the Google/ Harry Fox deal. Thanks for the update, Mojo. !!

I'm curious how the CD Baby thing will affect Harry Fox?? Fascinating!

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Re: Cover Song Licensing

Post by rmarler » Tue Aug 03, 2010 11:21 am

Scott Sellwod on the CD Baby DIY Musicians Podcast talks about limelight and covering songs
http://cdbabypodcast.com/?p=810

the following round table again about the value of covers
http://cdbabypodcast.com/?p=819
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Re: Cover Song Licensing

Post by Tree » Tue Aug 03, 2010 9:45 pm

Thanks for the post. I just noticed Limelight on CDBaby as well and wondering what the benefits are to Limelight verses Harry Fox directly? More paperwork with HFA where Limelight takes care of all that for you, is that the idea?
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