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Post by cademan7 on Jan 12, 2017 20:36:13 GMT -6
Hey, I'm just curious what the process is that people use for copyrighting material when working with a music house, music library, etc. I've been writing and sending cues to a few different companies that I am now working with, but most of the material isn't copyrighted at the time that I send it since I usually just do compilation copyrights every few months or so. I can't imagine having to pay to copyright every cue before sending since I am writing several every week, so I'm just curious how other composers in the industry handle this? What's the standard practice? Some insight on this would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Cade
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Post by drbill on Jan 12, 2017 21:32:31 GMT -6
Cade - presuming you are in the US, your music is copy-written the minute you write it. Even before you record it. It's not REGISTERED though until you fill out the form, send in the money and attach a copy to the Library Of Congress. Personally, when sending music to libraries, etc., I don't ever bother to copyright it. The library will do that if they pick it up.
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Post by cademan7 on Jan 12, 2017 21:43:34 GMT -6
Cade - presuming you are in the US, your music is copy-written the minute you write it. Even before you record it. It's not REGISTERED though until you fill out the form, send in the money and attach a copy to the Library Of Congress. Personally, when sending music to libraries, etc., I don't ever bother to copyright it. The library will do that if they pick it up. Ok, cool. That's what I was mainly wondering about, was whether or not it was even worth bothering with. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything really foolish. Thanks for clearing that up! |
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Post by drbill on Jan 12, 2017 22:43:59 GMT -6
No worries. Do what makes you feel safe, but the reality is, unless you have to go to court and PROVE when you wrote it and attained your copyright, you'll never normally think of it again. If any library or other website puts your music online, that anniversary date in and of itself will be proof if someone tries to rip you off "after the fact" and you have solid evidence that the music was published before that. Good luck with your submissions.
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Post by cademan7 on Jan 13, 2017 1:26:05 GMT -6
No worries. Do what makes you feel safe, but the reality is, unless you have to go to court and PROVE when you wrote it and attained your copyright, you'll never normally think of it again. If any library or other website puts your music online, that anniversary date in and of itself will be proof if someone tries to rip you off "after the fact" and you have solid evidence that the music was published before that. Good luck with your submissions. Awesome. Thanks again for the insight! It can be confusing navigating this business as a complete newb. But certainly a challenge I am up for! ha |
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Jan 13, 2017 16:57:36 GMT -6
I can offer a couple tips. You can register a collection rather than separate songs. The people I know who work with libraries use a different title than what they register themselves.
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