Re: Girls
It is an altered cover of a song, which is okay for an ad. It may not require permission (it depends though). I do not think cover artists require permission and advertisers can cover any song changing the lyrics as long as it does not hurt the reputation of the artist. It is not using actual Beastie-recorded material.
"A lot of record companies look at the numbers and they'll be like, 'Your first record sold 5 million and your second record sold only 800,000. What happened? You guys fell off, I think the band all feels that the record did really well. Most musicians I grew up playing music with would probably shoot me if I ever complained about selling 800,000 records." |
Last edited by Michelle*s_Farm : 11-23-2013 at 11:02 AM.
Reason: Unsure about legality upon further investigation.
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