Making and can be a way to pay tribute to your favorite , put your own spin on a classic , or grow your fanbase. But any time you want to use another creator’s work, a host of permissions and considerations are necessary to ensure you’re using the work correctly and not infringing on the rights of any of the or .
There are many ways to use another creator’s work, but these days, some of the most common are:
Covering an existing musical work by recording your own performance of it
Remixing an existing sound recording
Sampling an existing sound recording
Creating a DJ mix of one or many existing sound recordings
Creating a translation of an existing musical work
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