A cover would be perfectly fine! Just don't sample any actual audio from the copywritten song you're using and you'll have no issues :)
Its all OC content, thats all I ever draw. :3
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A cover would be perfectly fine! Just don't sample any actual audio from the copywritten song you're using and you'll have no issues :)
Perfect! Thank you so much!
I’m also wondering, is there a way to figure out if something is copyrighted? I know that sounds dumb but I legit don’t know how to figure that out.
If it's a song from a popular artist, you can usually go to a site like YouTube and check the description for a copyright symbol or any sort of "All rights reserved" statement. If it's anything recorded and published by a label or entertainment group, it's pretty much guaranteed to always be copywritten :)
Perfect! Thank you so much!!!
As Osaka's already pointed out, any copyrighted audio will get taken down, no ifs or buts.
On a related note, there's plenty of copyright-free/Creative Commons music in the Audio Portal (https://www.newgrounds.com/audio), and several resources for royalty-free music on the wiki (https://www.newgrounds.com/wiki/creator-resources/music-and-audio-resources/royalty-free-music). If you're looking for music, I'd recommend checking both of those out.
Osaka
There cannot be any copyright music period, unless there's some sort of written consent from the label or artist that you have exclusive permission & rights to use it, which usually doesn't (if ever) happen. Newgrounds can't host it obviously for financial and legal reasons :)
Hope this helps!
TVisDaddy
Have any recommendations if I do make an animation with copyrighted music? Would it be better to make an alt with a cover or something like that?