ok...if we record a cover a song by The Vines or make an image or something and we wanna show it up here, where would we put it? Also, is it allowed on the boards or do copyrights take effect?

hey, matt! welcome to the forum!

we do have two threads where you can post vines covers and artwork - if there's a copyright issue, we'll let you know in a way that doesn't involve your being arrested, how's that?

Vines Covers

Post Your Vines Art


also, don't know how good a musician you are or if you're interested in contributing, but some forum members are putting together a vines tribute cd to send to the band. to learn more, go here...

.com Cover/Tribute Album

copyright laws don't affect anything you do for free (like doing a cover and posting it on an online forum which the members can hear without paying a fee)
if you charged people to hear your cover than yeah... you'd have to pay the artist a certain amount of monies

Is that just in the U.S Dame? If so, you Americans are lucky!

Over here if your caught broadcasting an adaptation of another artists song (be it a cover or tribute) without a registered licence from the PPCA you are fully accountable and subject to the full force of copyright law.

I've never heard of that...
you can't give copies of original recordings out to the public
but when it comes to covers, at least here, you only have to pay the original artist if you charge a fee for people to hear your cover
that includes playing a cover live actually if people have to pay for a ticket or admission
but most people do that anyways without paying the original artist