protecting my beats

okay i've read through several pages here and still haven't found an answer. so i'm thinking of showing (putting on a cd and giving) some of my beats to a couple strangers who rap. we're all unknown type dudes and i was just wondering how could i stop them from claiming my beats as theirs just incase something funny goes down without having to use a stupid voice tag or anything. i've already shortened up the beats but what else could i do? burn them at low quality? mind you, i only use samples.. and this isn't about clearing, just about keeping my music from getting jacked.

one word......... COPYRIGHT

damn it, alright. thanks.

personally, i dont give anything to anyone i think will do that. most artists (at least the ones i fukks with) respect your art as being yours. that's not to say that there aren't tons of shady mofos that will exploit your beats. i try to distance myself from anyone like that.

lo quality burns in MP3 format will make the beats listenable but not recordable nor sellable

jaem wrote:lo quality burns in MP3 format will make the beats listenable but not recordable nor sellable

it may not be recordable in that format but what will stop me from recreating your beat from listening to the mp3 file? i can listen to it and recreate it to the point where it sounds exactly like yours.

that's why i go official copyright way, that way it is protected.

that's why i go official copyright way, that way it is protected.

this is true but sample clearance is a beeatch, and if you dont got the records a producer used nor no the source of a sample you can't recreate it

This is true but as a producer, if an artist or record company buys the track from you, they, not you are responsible for clearing the sample.

How can you register a beat to be copyrighted if it contains samples? That's kind of like running into a police station and saying that someone just robbed you of your weed...

What Id do if I was you ...Id give them your Cd but on your music put a tag on it, like say your name or your production name and that way when the play your music they are also advertising for you. And if they really like the track they will pay you for it and then give them the version with no tags..

yeah, but what about him copywritting it with samples?????
to protect it until he sells it?

Thats the samething Im saying. But why not get more exposer and have his name playing on the track. Make the name stand out. You never now who may hear it and no matter what the will never walk away wonder who did the track .

can't you copywrite something with samples if its for review/demo use??if you just wanna make a disc to send to labels???

Yes you can but you would have to do a sample clearance and that can be some big bucks. I don’t think you want to mess with that, can be very expensive that’s even if they give you the ok to use the sample. I have heard labels that have paid as much as 20k on up.

so what gives? how do you sample and afford it? just say screw it send it off anyway and hope it falls into honest hands????

i don't understand why you can't do some kinda copyright that says you did the beat and used samples and if some labels buys it and trys to make a profit off of it then it will get cleared....

everyone keeps telling me what i can't do....tell me what i can do!!!