Mailing to yourself

Not sure on this one. Maybe it's a state to state issue, I would do a search on this to make sure. As far as I know, as long as you don't open the package or send it to someone else and they don't open it. It will be post dated and considered "evidence" of your works. But I do know it is not very STRONG in court, so if you just did some work on the fly and someone requested material, you could do that while your copyright is pending, but you are protected upon the date of receipt at the Library of Congress anyway.

like i said b4 if u know someone who works at the post office , they could easily forge the date

Peep it

http://www.copyright.gov/

Thanks Beets.

No prob

send the cd to the copyright office with all the tracks on it. make sure all the individual titles of the songs on the cd are on the form. Then when you are close to selling to track or tracks copyright that one individual track on a different copyright form. so it has its own copyright seperate from the whole cd.

poor mans copyright means nada...the only way to copy right is to pay the cash and get it properly copyrighted

Nah that dont work anymore,u gotta send them 2 DC now.

Actually, let's be clear. What you're actually doing when you pay the 30 clams and send it to the Library of Congress is registering your copyright. The moment you create something, it is copyrighted. But by registering it, you're basically documenting the date of your creation, and thus providing a sold way to "help" protect your work in the event of a dispute.
Peace

may be a dumb question but while were on it can you copyright tracks that include samples??

when it comes to business, do ya own physical research from well represented sites, especially the company site u are asking about...
check out: http://www.copyright.gov/register/sound.html

for futher info, contact an Entertainment Lawyer, it is free for questions like those.