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In the US the song needs to licensed first through a service like Limewire, other territories that require a license are Pakistan, India, Canada and Mexico. UK rules for digital distribution dictate that the owners of both the P line (the artist \/ label) and the C line (the songwriter \/ publisher) are the same entity and permission can be granted automatically. Permission is implied as soon as the artist records their own song. 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