There was a link provided in a previous answer. But I didn't try it because it was for United States only. I've given some lyrics to a friend who sings in a band but I've also written music and lyrics for around 20 other songs that I would like to record myself one day.
2006-11-11 05:52:45 · 4 answers · asked by endagrogan 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Here is the best and cheapest way to do it:
Take your collection of songs in a large envelope to the post office. Have the postal worker HERMEUTICALLY seal it, put postage on it and mail it to yourself.
When you recieve it, DO NOT OPEN IT. You now have a sealed, dated copy of all your songs. Opening this envelope for the first time in court will win you any lawsuit you ever have to deal with. Any judge will award you the victory!
2006-11-11 06:00:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Copyrights vary from country to country, so it what you have to do depends very much on where you live. In the UK, true copyright exists in essence as soon as you have written a song. The secret is proving that you wrote it. This is usually done based on the proof of when you wrote it. I have always used the method of sending a copy of the material you want coprighted to yourself, by registered post. (A postal service where the date and time of postage and delivery is recorded for proof. When you receive the package, you leave it unopened and store it somewhere safe. In the event that someone questions when you wrote a song, you take the package into a court of law to be opened there and the courts can get the delivery information from the post office. This is all you can do as a unsigned band/musician, but it does work for other things as well, such as books etc. If you are signed to a record company, they use people like the "Mechanical Copyrights Protection Agency" who register everything and claim all royalties.
also check out the Wikipedia link below for France, Austrialia, Germany, Spain... I didn't know what country you were talking about, but is also includes the U.S.
2006-11-11 06:01:37 · answer #2 · answered by tampico 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost all songs are copyrighted, limewire won't let you know whether it is copyrighted or no longer. A well method to inform might be to peer if the track is on iTunes, and whether it is and it charges cash, its copyrighted. Any track that you simply might ordinarily spend money on is ninety nine.nine% of the time copyrighted.
2016-09-01 10:53:01 · answer #3 · answered by erlene 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-11-11 05:55:03 · answer #4 · answered by Isabellatrix 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋