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# This concerns the musician's rendition (cover) of a copyright work, often by request, not a recording of the work performed by the original artist.
# These copyright songs are used in video and not otherwise made available for sale. (Mechanical license are beyond the scope of this document)
# There is a presumption that money is changing hands through donations and possibly membership sites like Patreon are is involved.
# The live audience could generally be considered "a normal circle of friends", but playback of the recorded live stream may fall outside of this exemption.
# In addition to performance licensing, separate synchronization permission is also required for putting music to film, which would be impossible to anticipate in a live request scenario.
In the past, emerging artists would "cover" popular songs on YouTube for advertising and audience building purposes. These emerging artists would generally be very straightforward about providing the name of the covered song and the artist who made the song famous. The copyright holder of the song has three options, do nothing, monetize the video and collect advertising royalties, or take down the video. Traditionally, the emerging artist would license downloads through iTunes and would not monetize their videos.
In addition to COVID 19, the industry took a double hit as music download platforms switched to a streaming subscription model. CD-Baby no longer makes CDs, nor offers downloads, iTunes download links are redirected to Apple Music streaming page and Google Play is slated to be shut down, music.youtube will stream audio. With the download income drying up , and the artists adding pay links and subscriptions, this appears to change the advertising only relationship between the artist and the video performance.
==Definitions==
===BMI===
:'''''General Website Performance Agreement'''''
:''The General Website Music Performance Agreement typically applies to a commercial entity that {{highlight|has the potential to generate revenues}} from operating a website or mobile application but is not considered a Music Service, as defined under the Music Service tab. Some possible sources of revenue may be non-music related {{highlight|subscription fees}}, E-commerce, advertising, or sponsorships.'''<ref name="urlDigital Licensing | BMI.com">{{cite web | url = https://www.bmi.com/digital_licensing | title = Digital Licensing | BMI.com | format = | work = | accessdate = 2020-09-14}}</ref>
:'''Music Guidelines (facebook)'''
:{{highlight|''Use of music for commercial or non-personal purposes in particular is prohibited unless you have obtained appropriate licenses.}}''<ref name="urlFacebook">{{cite web | url = https://www.facebook.com/legal/music_guidelines | title = Facebook Music Guidelines| format = | work = | accessdate =2020-09-14 }}</ref>
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