Contracts
Aug. 1, 2000
Cover Me
By Roger Jon Diamond. Artists should conduct a thorough investigation before presuming that older, unregistered recordings have fallen into the public domain.
The practice of recording other artists' musical compositions - known as "covering" - is commonplace in the music industry. In fact, some of the most successful recording artists of all time, including The Rolling Stones, have enjoyed great success by covering compositions first released by well-known artists like Chuck Berry, as well as those released by obscure performers.
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