Sure. But if I see listen to some song, and copy it, and release it, I could get sued. Even if I claim that I'm merely inspired by the original content - the court doesn't care.

You don't need to redistribute the original material, it's enough that you just copied it.

> But if I see listen to some song, and copy it, and release it, I could get sued.

This is what should be fixed in the first place, then. You shouldn't get sued from what you do with your copy of a song.