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Remixes

Creating a remix

Remixes are commonly commissioned for a fee. Remixes are commissioned for several different reasons –to target a different market (e.g. a club remix of a commercial track to play in nightclubs), to extend the marketing campaign of a release by having other artists remix it- and more. Anyone can create a remix of a work at any time. However, if you want to release the remix, you’ll need to get permission.

Claiming songwriter royalties in remixes

You need written permission from the original songwriters or their publishers to claim a share of songwriter royalties on your remix. You can’t register your remix with us unless you can show that you’ve got permission from everyone involved.

Very often the owner of the original song will provide permission for your remix to be commercially released so long as they retain the copyright and songwriter royalties in the remix. In this instance, the royalties for the remix will be paid to the songwriter and music publisher of the original song.

If permission is granted for you to claim a percentage of royalties for your remix, email us a copy of this permission along with your remix registration details. You should also provide the remix recording ISRC to the copyright owners so that they can add this remix to existing work registration.

To find out more, come along to our upcoming Insights webinar: Performing and Releasing Other People’s Music on 17 April

See also: Our guide to co-writing splits and registering your works

How to get paid as a dance and electronic writer

Learn more about music copyright with our piece Nine music copyright tips with Arts Law

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