So I have a few songs I plan on releasing soon, one song which contains 7 words from a rapper's acapella, and another song which contains 32 words of a different rapper's acapella.
I know Spotify and iTunes both are used to make money off the releases, which is where I get confused in the legal vocabulary.
Would briefly using these rapper's acapella be considered copyright infringement? Or because I only used part of it and made everything else myself, would it reconsidered part of the unique artistic expression?
I've seen other artists use samples in songs they release on these channels, so I don't know how strict the rules are, or how much they are enforced. It's not like I am doing a straight remix of these songs, I am just taking the lyrics I think are cool, and then looping them, or glitching them up (but they are still recognizable if someone wanted to search).
Is there anyway to release them on Spotify and iTunes for free? So this potential copyright issue doesn't apply?
Thank you :)
Submitted January 03, 2018 at 02:20PM by Idontwanttogetsued69 https://www.reddit.com/r/edmproduction/comments/7nw2yj/is_it_legal_to_release_music_on_spotify_and/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Wednesday, January 3, 2018