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  2. Cover Song Licensing
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General Licensing Information

  • What licenses do you offer? plus icon minus icon
  • Affordable Song License offers audio only cover song licenses called compulsory mechanical licenses. These licenses are good for releasing your cover song on physical formats like CD, vinyl, and ca... See more
  • How does the cover song licensing process work? plus icon minus icon
  • If you found your song in the ASL Database, your ASL Mechanical Licensing Certificate is available immediately in your user dashboard. That is the process. That's it! Immediate proof of licensing i... See more
  • What am I paying for when I use Affordable Song Licensing? plus icon minus icon
  • Affordable Song Licensing helps you legally release your recording of a song that you did not write. We have the lowest fees online of $12/song plus royalties (That's it!) The ASL Database is one ... See more
  • What information do you collect about me when I purchase a license? plus icon minus icon
  • We need a few pieces of information for the licensing paperwork: Your name, address, email Your artist name Your album title Formats you'll release the cover on Quantity you are licensing (per for... See more
  • Digital Downloads VS Interactive Streams plus icon minus icon
  • Confused as to what formats you need to license when you are going through a digital distributor? We get it. And you aren't alone. We get those calls from artists like you every day.Let's start by ... See more
  • Do digital distributors require me to have a license for downloads? plus icon minus icon
  • You may have heard that you don't need a license to put your cover songs on streaming platforms like Spotify or TIDAL. That would be correct. You see, the Mechanical Licensing Collective has blanke... See more
  • How do I know how many digital downloads I should license? plus icon minus icon
  • There's releases with high expectations that are only downloaded a handful of times. I've personally had a few of those releases myself.Then, there's releases that go viral and wind up being downlo... See more
  • Do I need a separate license for different formats? plus icon minus icon
  • Nope! We don't charge you an extra $12 just because you want to release your cover song on CD and as a digital download... It's just one fee regardless of how many formats you release it on. See more
  • Do I need a license for streams? plus icon minus icon
  • If you are going through a digital distributor, you do not need a license for interactive streams (streams on Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, etc).Spotify, Apple Music, and most other streaming services al... See more
  • What is public domain? plus icon minus icon
  • The public domain consists of all the creative work to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply because those rights may have expired, been forfeited, expressly waived, or may be inapp... See more
  • Do I need a license for Christmas songs? plus icon minus icon
  • Every year, starting in September/October, our phones begin to ring off the hook with the same request..."I'm doing a Christmas album. Do I need to license the songs?"Many people assume that Christ... See more
  • Do I need a license for video game covers? plus icon minus icon
  • We work with artists that release video game covers all the time! However, video game soundtracks pose a unique issue with licensing.In order to be eligible for a compulsory mechanical license, the... See more

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