The voice, America’s got talent, American idol, all these involve people singing what someone else has already sung. How do the shows or the singers not get into trouble with the artists?
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The person trying out is not profiting off using the song during tryouts. So it is fair use.
If a person’s audition is used in the religion broadcast the show pays the licensing fees to broadcast the audition.
Once it reaches the live show all the songs are chosen beforehand and licensing fees are handled up front.
Though, your question brings up an interesting thought; if there are songs for which acquiring the license to broadcast is difficult or cost prohibitive…would a contestant choosing one of those songs as their audition song make it certain they won’t get selected for the show?
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