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Cover song kaise release kare: Spotify, JioSaavn aur YouTube par legal tarika

By the SUF Digitals team · Updated

Cover song Spotify, JioSaavn ya Apple Music par release karne ke liye gaane ke malik ki likhit permission chahiye, jo zyadatar film ka music label ya publisher hota hai. Recording aapki apni ho, tab bhi bol aur dhun unki hain. India ke kanoon mein cover ke liye ek statutory licence (Section 31C) bhi hai, lekin uski shartein bahut sakht hain. Is guide mein dono raaste, aasan Hindi mein.

Cover ke liye permission kyun chahiye

Har gaane mein do copyright hote hain. Ek gaane ka: bol aur dhun, jo lyricist aur composer ke ya film gaanon mein zyadatar music label ke hote hain. Doosra recording ka. Aapka cover nayi recording hai, wo hissa aapka hai, lekin bol aur dhun unke hain.

Bina permission ke cover release karne par malik YouTube par claim kar sakta hai, stores se gaana hatwa sakta hai, aur kaanooni kaarvai bhi kar sakta hai.

Raasta 1: malik se likhit permission (sabse pakka)

  1. Malik dhoondhiye: original gaana Spotify ya JioSaavn par kholiye aur neeche likhi (P) aur (C) line padhiye. Film gaanon mein wahi label hota hai.
  2. Label ki licensing ya rights team ko email kijiye: kaunsa gaana, aapka artist naam, kahan release karenge (stores, YouTube, caller tune), bol ya arrangement badlenge ya nahi.
  3. Permission likhit mein lijiye: agreement ya saaf email jismein gaana, platforms, desh, samay aur fee ya royalty share likha ho.
  4. Original composer aur lyricist ka naam sahi credit kijiye.
  5. Document sambhal kar rakhiye. SUF par track ko cover mark karte waqt yahi upload hota hai.

Raasta 2: Section 31C ka statutory licence

Copyright Act ka Section 31C malik ki marzi ke bina cover banane deta hai, lekin tabhi jab saari shartein poori hon. Original recording wale saal ke khatam hone ke baad paanch calendar saal beetne chahiye, malik ko pehle notice dena hota hai, court ki tay ki hui dar par royalty advance mein deni hoti hai (har saal kam se kam 50,000 copies ke liye), gaane mein badlav nahi kar sakte, aur release par saaf likhna hota hai ki ye Section 31C ke tahat cover version hai.

Ye niyam copies ke zamane ke liye bane the. Streaming par ye kaise lagte hain, ye abhi saaf nahi hai, isliye India mein labels, stores aur distributors likhit licence hi maante hain. Ye kaanooni salah nahi hai; is raaste ke liye pehle copyright vakeel se baat kijiye. Poori detail English guide mein hai.

YouTube par cover aur Spotify par cover alag hain

YouTube par kai labels cover ko Content ID se chalne dete hain: cover claim hota hai aur kamai label ko jaati hai. Video bacha rehta hai, par kamai aapki nahi hoti.

Spotify, JioSaavn aur baaki stores par aisa koi system nahi hai. Wahan release se pehle licence chahiye. YouTube par saal bhar se chal raha cover is baat ka saboot nahi ki wo Spotify par bhi chal jaayega.

Lofi, slowed, reverb aur remix

Ye cover nahi hain, kyunki inmein original recording hi use hoti hai. Inke liye recording ke malik aur gaane ke malik dono ki permission chahiye. 'No copyright' wale tarike, jaise speed ya pitch badalna, Content ID se nahi bachate. Apne hi gaane ka slowed ya lofi version bilkul theek hai: use alag ISRC ke saath, title mein (Slowed and Reverb) likh kar release kijiye.

Bhajan aur lok geet

Hanuman Chalisa, aarti ya lok geet jinke bol aur dhun public domain mein hain, unke liye gaane ka licence nahi chahiye. Lekin kisi naye composer ki dhun ya kisi label ki recording copy nahi kar sakte. Detail: devotional music distribution.

SUF par cover kaise release karein

Release submit karte waqt har track ke song rights bataiye: original, cover, traditional ya remix. Cover chuniye, gaane ke malik ka licence ya likhit permission upload kijiye, aur composer aur lyricist mein original writers ke naam daaliye. Cover kabhi YouTube Content ID mein nahi jaata, kyunki gaana kisi aur ka hai.

Aksar poochhe jaane wale sawaal

Kya Bollywood cover Spotify par daal sakte hain?

Haan, lekin sirf gaane ke malik (zyadatar film ka music label) ki likhit permission ke saath. Bina permission ke gaana hat sakta hai.

Original singer ko credit dene se kaam chal jaayega?

Nahi. Credit dena zaroori hai, lekin wo permission nahi hai. Cover ke liye gaane ke malik ka licence chahiye.

Paanch saal purane gaane ka cover bina poochhe daal sakte hain?

Sirf Section 31C ki saari shartein poori karke: notice, advance royalty, koi badlav nahi aur cover label. Streaming ke liye ye mushkil hai, isliye likhit permission lijiye.

Cover se mujhe kamai hogi?

Haan, apni recording ki, licence ki shart ke hisaab se. Gaane ke malik ko gaane ka hissa alag milta hai.

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