Selling downloads of cover songs is easy an inexpensive. 
 

If you have recorded a cover version of someone else's song, and you plan to sell that recording  over the Internet, the following information applies to you. 

You Should follow these steps before you make your recording available for distribution to the public! 

If you record a cover version of a song, (meaning your performance of a song that has been released in the U.S. with consent of the copyright owner), you are entitled by law to release your recording commercially, and the owner of the copyright to the song cannot prevent you from doing so. 

The Copyright Act provides for what is called a “Compulsory License” for downloads and CD sales, which means that if you follow the steps set forth by statute, you can distribute your recording of that song on a CD or over the internet. This Compulsory License is only available for sales in the United States. Other uses of masters, such as streaming, conditional downloads, and the like, are not subject to a Compulsory License. A separate license from the publisher is needed in those cases. 

The following details the procedure for individuals to obtain a compulsory license to digitally distribute cover songs over the Internet to end users in the United States. 

Identify the Copyright Owner - the publisher
The first step is to identify the owner(s) of the copyright to the song. The publisher. 

The easiest way to do this is to search the song writer/publisher databases, on the links below. 
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