how do you protect your songs?
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BobbyEarl
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Re: how do you protect your songs?
www.copyright.gov if that's what you're getting at. (and in the US)
www.copyright.gov if that's what you're getting at. (and in the US)
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seafoamer
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Re: how do you protect your songs?
I booby trap mine
register w/ the U.S. copyright office.
I booby trap mine
register w/ the U.S. copyright office.
Rocker35
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Re: how do you protect your songs?
There's a couple of things you can do if you've got a hard copy and don't want to go down the copyright route. One thing to do is place the hard copy (CD, cassette etc) in a safety deposit box at your bank and get a dated receipt or post a copy to yourself and keep it sealed (the postmark will be dated). If anyone attempts to use your songs commercially, you can sue their asses off, because you've got a dated record of those songs.
There's a couple of things you can do if you've got a hard copy and don't want to go down the copyright route. One thing to do is place the hard copy (CD, cassette etc) in a safety deposit box at your bank and get a dated receipt or post a copy to yourself and keep it sealed (the postmark will be dated). If anyone attempts to use your songs commercially, you can sue their asses off, because you've got a dated record of those songs.
strat_master
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Re: how do you protect your songs?
haha good idea, sue for money to buy more gear, whihc iwll lead to more music will will lead to mroe stealing and mroe sueing!
haha good idea, sue for money to buy more gear, whihc iwll lead to more music will will lead to mroe stealing and mroe sueing!
darkshadow54321
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Re: how do you protect your songs?
Thanks for that. That's a very clever scheme........mwahahaha (and cheaper than copyrighting it)
I don't think it would have the same weight as if you had copyrighted it though, would it?
Rocker35 said:
Thanks for that. That's a very clever scheme........mwahahaha (and cheaper than copyrighting it)
I don't think it would have the same weight as if you had copyrighted it though, would it?
texasguitarslinger
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Re: how do you protect your songs?
Ascap and BMI offer services for registering your songs and music and also catalog them so that established performers can peruse them and use them which entitles you to a royalties. :dance:
Ascap and BMI offer services for registering your songs and music and also catalog them so that established performers can peruse them and use them which entitles you to a royalties. :dance:
59paul
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Re: how do you protect your songs?
When I was younger ( a long, long time ago LOL), I kept a P.O. Box at the Post Office. I would simply package my original tapes ( it was all Tape back then ), go to the counter, mail them to my P.O. Box, and leave them in the P.O. Box, unopened. The sealed package and Dated Post Mark was my Copyright. This worked just Fine !!! ....................
When I was younger ( a long, long time ago LOL), I kept a P.O. Box at the Post Office. I would simply package my original tapes ( it was all Tape back then ), go to the counter, mail them to my P.O. Box, and leave them in the P.O. Box, unopened. The sealed package and Dated Post Mark was my Copyright. This worked just Fine !!! ....................
ishmun
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Re: how do you protect your songs?
i was told that my uploading my music to an mp3 site (like mp3.com.au) - australian site
there is a dated copy of your music, so that if someone tries to ripp it off, there is my mp3 on the mp3.com.au database all dated and stored on their server
is this right?
i was told that my uploading my music to an mp3 site (like mp3.com.au) - australian site
there is a dated copy of your music, so that if someone tries to ripp it off, there is my mp3 on the mp3.com.au database all dated and stored on their server
is this right?
Re: how do you protect your songs?
I sent mp3.com.au an e mail a while back regarding what youv'e asked Ishmun. They suggested an artist register with APRA (if from Australasia) to further cement their "protection"......I often wonder though, how they use artists clips commercially with their artist promotional CD scheme where your tracks ( if you opt for this of course ) are put on a compilation CD and published to be distributed among music industry people in Australia.......
If you live "down under" then joining APRA is something you should have done before publishing anyway.
I sent mp3.com.au an e mail a while back regarding what youv'e asked Ishmun. They suggested an artist register with APRA (if from Australasia) to further cement their "protection"......I often wonder though, how they use artists clips commercially with their artist promotional CD scheme where your tracks ( if you opt for this of course ) are put on a compilation CD and published to be distributed among music industry people in Australia.......
If you live "down under" then joining APRA is something you should have done before publishing anyway.
Re: how do you protect your songs?
yeah..i have also heard about the mailing to yourself without open it.
currently i upload my songs zipped (pass protected) to the geocities server.
and recently i tried timestamping...
any of you heard about it? ;
it copies the hash-code (the finger-print) of your file from your pc
and sends it to the time-stamp authority (TSA).
yeah..i have also heard about the mailing to yourself without open it.
currently i upload my songs zipped (pass protected) to the geocities server.
and recently i tried timestamping...
any of you heard about it? ;
it copies the hash-code (the finger-print) of your file from your pc
and sends it to the time-stamp authority (TSA).
