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    Default Copyrighting your own music.

    I was wondering if those of you who have tracks released if you ever copyrighted your tracks before sending them out to labels and what not?

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    Copyright is automatic. The moment you produce something you have rights over it. Are you talking about registering it?
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    Is that just in the UK? I know it's pretty standard to send your music out to mastering houses, as well as labels online, but i'm wondering how I can protect my music from being stolen, used &/or plagiarized. When you say registering it Dan, you mean with like the govt right? In that case that's exactly what i'm talking about.

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    Mail a hardcopy to yourself (cd tape thumbdrive) and don't open the package. The postmark should be enough to protect you if issues should arise.

    It is important to leave the package closed!

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    Quote Originally Posted by muffintop View Post
    Mail a hardcopy to yourself (cd tape thumbdrive) and don't open the package. The postmark should be enough to protect you if issues should arise.

    It is important to leave the package closed!
    Frigin awesome. Didn't even think about it. Awesome solution !

    Thanks!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Coldfuzion View Post
    Frigin awesome. Didn't even think about it. Awesome solution !

    Thanks!
    FYI, I believe this isn't a 100% solution, but merely strengthens a case, should it go to court.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Coldfuzion View Post
    Frigin awesome.
    Awesome, but kind of a myth. This won't help you much if someone steals your work; you'll be a lot better off spending the $35 to register the copyright with the US Copyright Office, which will be the "trump card" in a court if the issue comes up. Instructions here http://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-register.html ... obviously this only applies to US Copyright law. And the first poster is right, you really don't need to do anything by law -- once you produce the work it is yours. But if you ever have to defend your ownership you're much better off having the registration in hand over trying to prove it with a postmark.
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    It's totally a myth, doesn't prove a single thing except you know how to mail a package. As mentioned, you automatically own the copyright to anything you create. The best way to prove this should you need to is with the original DAW project files you used when writing the song. Just make sure you have good backups of those.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarekith View Post
    It's totally a myth, doesn't prove a single thing except you know how to mail a package. As mentioned, you automatically own the copyright to anything you create. The best way to prove this should you need to is with the original DAW project files you used when writing the song. Just make sure you have good backups of those.
    This.

    You need to prove original ownership, having a box with a cd in it does none of this. In court that would probably be rendered inadmissible. No judge is going to want to hear about how you mailed a box to yourself. Backup your stems and files.
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    Ahh awesome, i'm glad I got that cleared up. Thanks guys!

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