Posting cover songs on the internet

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Posting cover songs on the internet

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Is is illegal to post audio and video of your band performing cover songs on the internet? I know that you cant on my space but like if you have your own .com is that illegal?
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Technically, it is copyright infringement.
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Ron is right, it's copyright infringement.
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yeah, but that doesn't seem to stop any idiot with cheap recording software from putting crappy covers they've done on youtube.
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mistikalvalkrie wrote:yeah, but that doesn't seem to stop any idiot with cheap recording software from putting crappy covers they've done on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMWdI2IKiw

So bad (good?) it had to be posted again.
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bassist_25 wrote:
mistikalvalkrie wrote:yeah, but that doesn't seem to stop any idiot with cheap recording software from putting crappy covers they've done on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMWdI2IKiw

So bad (good?) it had to be posted again.
How did I know that was coming, lol.
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bassist_25 wrote:
mistikalvalkrie wrote:yeah, but that doesn't seem to stop any idiot with cheap recording software from putting crappy covers they've done on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkMWdI2IKiw

So bad (good?) it had to be posted again.
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