How can musicians safegaurd their intellectual property rights from the freedoms of the consumers?

Answer 1

Nowadays, not a whole lot. Once the music is out there(on the net) there is no way of stopping it from spreading around. Unless its not very good. Copyrighting it will help, if you have the time and rsources to track down and prosecute copyright infringers

Answer 2

There's no way copywriting a song will cost $8000!!!!! You can mail yourself a tape & lyric sheet, then dont open the envelope when you get it back (that'll cost you a couple stamps). Hopefully the post office stamp will be legible on your envelope(the date the post office processed your mail is your copyright date). Or you can go through the Library of Congress that'll run you about $50.00. That would be the best way to go.

Beware what you find on the net, there are lots of 'middle men' out there who will screw you over, and maybe you would end up paying 8 G's
check out: http://www.copyright.gov/

In this day and age of ripping music, its virtually impossible to safeguard your intellectual property. A BIG THANK YOU to the Record Industry Association of America for sleeping at the wheel on this one for the last 20 years.

Answer 3

After copyrighting your music and lyrics with the library of congress you have legal claim to your music. Unfortunately you would have to be aware of any infringement of the copyright in order to file against the violator. The odds of that happening are against you. Copyright infringement has been going on in the music industry for ages and not much has been done to secure the rights of the artists. The film industry experiences the same dilemma as well.

Answer 4

Only be copyrighting it which can cost about $8,000