How Short-Form Video Creates Copyright and Liability Risks for Independent Record Labels

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Indie labels keep getting named in media liability claims they never saw coming, and the pattern almost always starts with a fifteen-second clip. A sync approval nobody got in writing. A sample the artist swore was cleared. A sound-alike version uploaded to a platform’s commercial library by someone who had no right to put it there. By the time a brand’s lawyer calls, the label is already a…

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