How do I protect my music OTHER than by copyright.

sonseelye wrote:

beach_break wrote:you don't need to apply or register for copyright, if you made it, you have copyright.
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by the way this IS TRUE. as it has been mentioned here..
HOWEVER it is difficult and expensive to prove this in court.

this info below was taken directly from a copyright basics pdf on copyright.gov

"Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created
in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship
immediately becomes the property of the author who created
the work. Only the author or those deriving their rights
through the author can rightfully claim copyright."

stop speculating and read.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf


also the fee to do PA and SR copyrights is currently only 45 bucks.. on AUG 1st it goes to 65 bucks.. so hurry up and copyright your stuff.. dont be cheap.. it can cost you later.
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html

Triple-X wrote:

sonseelye wrote:

beach_break wrote:you don't need to apply or register for copyright, if you made it, you have copyright.
.

by the way this IS TRUE. as it has been mentioned here..
HOWEVER it is difficult and expensive to prove this in court.

this info below was taken directly from a copyright basics pdf on copyright.gov

"Copyright protection subsists from the time the work is created
in fixed form. The copyright in the work of authorship
immediately becomes the property of the author who created
the work. Only the author or those deriving their rights
through the author can rightfully claim copyright."

stop speculating and read.
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.pdf


also the fee to do PA and SR copyrights is currently only 45 bucks.. on AUG 1st it goes to 65 bucks.. so hurry up and copyright your stuff.. dont be cheap.. it can cost you later.
http://www.copyright.gov/docs/fees.html

Yep and yep to what you said about publishing.

The copyright fee will remain at $35 if you register online. I registered my last copyright this way and it's really easy...