We are thinking of doing parody versions of songs (completely changing the lyrics) and re-creating the music (to resemble the original as closely as possible) for a YouTube-based advertising campaign.
We are wondering, as we are re-creating/re-recording the music and changing the lyrics (although keeping the original harmonies/melodies), will we run in to copyright issues? If so, if we change it so that he song is ALMOST the same, but not identical, will that save us?!
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Your question raises several complicated legal issues (namely fair use and derivative works) that I will attempt to touch on. However, I urge you to consult your own attorney on the specifics of what you plan to create to develop an appropriate course of action.
As an initial matter, creating song parodies can be a tricky area to navigate because there's a general misconception that simply because one changes the lyrics of a song to "be funny," that person has created a song parody. And people love to create "parodies" because they have heard that parodies are protected free speech and/or fair use and thus they don't have to get permission from the copyright holder in the original song to create and release said parody.
While it's true that creating a musical parody may not require permission from the copyright holder of the original song, with the prime case on this point involving 2 Live Crew's parody of Roy Orbison's "Oh, Pretty Women," to create a true parody (i.e., one that will bolster your claim of fair use should you be charged with copyright infringement), you must be changing the lyrics for the purpose of commenting on the original work. In other words, you must not be using the "parodied" song simply because it has a catchy melody and the right number of syllables in the chorus.
Further, because you said you wish to create musical parodies as part of an advertising campaign, I would be even more cautious about moving forward without permission from the copyright holder of the original song based on your own "parody" classification, especially if you are using popular songs. Many songwriters are particularly protective of the products with which they are associated and may not take kindly to their music being converted into a jingle for baby wipes.
Setting aside the "parody" issue, when you change the lyrics to a song, you are creating what's known as a "derivative work" under U.S. copyright law. That is, the song with the new lyrics is derivative of the original song. As mentioned in previous posts, the right to prepare derivative works is one of the exclusive rights of the copyright holder. This is what allows a book author to control, for example, who has the rights to turn their book into a motion picture (the movie being derivative of the book).
As a result, you would need to find and contact the copyright holder of the original song (normally a music publisher) to seek permission to alter the song and use it in your advertising campaign. If the song will be accompanied by visuals (as I suspect it will on YouTube), then you should make sure that whatever license you are able to negotiate includes the synchronization right. (Recall that the synchronization right allows you to sync up audio and visual.) Bear in mind that the copyright holder is not required to grant you permission to create derivative works.
Bottom line: Courts (and lawyers!) often struggle in parody cases to determine whether to classify as fair use (no permission needed) or a derivative work (permission needed) by using multi-factor balancing tests. There are no bright line rules here so proceed with caution.
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I use Spotify Web Player. I've used it for a year or two on this device without any difficulty at all. However, about 4-5 months ago it stopped working despite me not doing anything different. I would select one song to play, and instead of playing like it should, it would play silently for exactly 10 seconds (not actually making any sound) and then skip through the next few songs in the playlist, and then proceed to play an ad that works perfectly fine with no problem at all.
I've tried to get it to work on incognito/guest mode, as well as off guest mode, and even with the desktop app I have the same problem. I've tried signing in on another device (connected to the same network) and it works just fine. I know it's not the fault of my Chromebook, my network connection or my account. Probably just a bug they haven't fixed right?
Either way it's gotten real annoying at this point and is driving me away from even wanting to use Spotify. I might as well use some other music platform that can actually do the bare minimum for me, but I have lots many playlists on Spotify that I don't feel like moving so I thought I'd mention here before making the move. I've seen other posts regarding this but with no resolution, and it's been a while so I figured making my own post might bring some attention to it again.
i have this same problem but after the ads (that my adblockers skip) it plays whatever song it wants. and i use webplayer on opera GX (latest version) with windows 10 pro. I have used the log out evrywhere and restarted my browser and will restart my pc after i type this.
A similar problem happens with podcasts. When you open the app, it won't go to the spot where you left off last session. Instead, it will skip forward to the next ad block and continue the podcast from that spot. So, the app often skips up to 30 minutes of material just so it can get to the next trio of ads. It's very frustrating and requires you to listen to the ads, then manually skip around to find the spot where you left off, then listen to the ads again when you reach that point again. Even worse is that, if the last group of ads comes at the end of the podcast, the app will actually play the ads then start a completely different episode. Then, you have to quit that episode, find the other episode you were listening to, find the spot where you had left of, and so on. The Spotify app (iOS version) is soooo much worse than other apps. I only use it for the one podcast I like that is a Spotify exclusive. For everything else, I use Apple Podcasts, which is a far superior user experience.
I have the same problem. When I log into my account on my wife's chromebook or on my chromebook, it only plays a few seconds of a song. Her spotify account works just fine on both of our chromebooks. It doesn't make any sense.
Hey @notplayingsongs,
Thanks for posting in this thread!
Just to check, could you try clearing cache and cookies from your browser to see if makes any difference? Does the same thing happen open the Web Player using another browser?
Also, are you having issues listening to music using the mobile or desktop app?
Let us know how you get on.
I'm having issues sporadically where an ad will interrupt a song. The latest happened about 5 minutes ago. It played about a minute and a half of a song, then interrupted it for an ad (the images and information on the playlist switched to info for the ad). After this happens, the playlist either freezes - required a refresh where it forgets what playlist it was on - or it moves on to the next song without playing the remaining part of the one it interrupted.
I'm also occasionally having issues where an ad will run, or the playlist will pause for an ad, but it freezes after that. The info just says "advertisement," with no details, the timer is blank, and I cannot play or select and music without refreshing/restarting.
I have adblockers disabled when using the browser version so that's not a cause with the browser version. These are intermittent issues, so I can't do anything to replicate them or tell when they will happen.
There are quite a few things that can go wrong for Spotify to crash and freeze like this on multiple device, but running through all these troubleshooting steps will help us narrow down what might be causing the issue.
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