How To Copyright Your Music

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Here is how to copyright your music, you can copyright with a copyright office or you can use the natural copyright that exists immediately when you write a song. However, the type of copyright you want for your music will depend on a variety of situations, check out the video to learn how to copyright your music the best way for you.

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[CharlesCleyn]

🙋🏼‍♂️ Hi everyone, I have a couple discounts for you. Enjoy!

[TheWinterShadow]

ALERT: Be very careful after you register your works. After registration your works are made 'PUBLIC' which includes your name, title of works, even your address and telephone number. Anyone in the world can see it. A shady person claiming to be from a shady company can call you and state that they are a 'middle man' between the creator and the US Copyright office. They will ask you for hundreds of dollars to 'finish' registering your works! Hang up and if you can report. Contact the Copyright office directly to ask questions. The criminals usually will try to call newly registered creators before the Copyright Office send the official certification. Just a heads up. Peace.

[romanrojas]

I was involved in a copyright infringement case in the US. Even though we had all the documentation and everything proving beyond any doubt that it was our work it took 1 1/2 years of fighting a corporation with a lawyer to get paid and we didn't even get paid the full amount. Yes, copyright your music but truth is once somebody steals it is going to be a long and expensive fight to get what was taken from you,

[LilEd]

I’m thinking of the future when I’ll need this when I’m famous with my music so it’s good to know now and be rdy

[AlexNikoloudisMusic]

I totally agree with you and I wrote a great song and someone wanted to remix my song and pretended to be my friend and I allowed them to do that and I didn’t fully understand what they were asking of me to do in return because no contract was sent out to me and they terms were unclear. But now i understand copyrighting all my originals should be my number one priority and so should it be for everyone else to !

[s-bifjry]

Someone: wants to plagiarize
Copyright: I’m about to end this mans beautiful Sunday afternoon

[clairebear]

I entered a songwriting competition when I was 13 that a record company advertised to win a recording and release in the studio and got told I didn’t get anywhere in it later that year they released my song exactly how it was written the same melody and lyrics it got to 27 in the Uk charts for a few days and then bombed out of the 50s position I’ve written over 1000 songs and petrified to release anything I don’t trust anyone and even if you do take people to court it costs you more in the long run unless the music is a massive hit and also people change the melody slightly and swap a couple of lyrics and loose the case and be in debt!

[garywren]

Great video to explain in simple terms how to protect one's music . Thanks much Sir Charles!

[franceslionheart]

Thank you so much Charles! This video was super helpful! I recently created a song with the help and support of my friend and plan to post it on my YT channel. Before posting the song I first wanted to understand what copyright is and how I can use it to protect my music.

[jwavy]

When I make a copyright should I select the type of work as Sound recording, or Work of the arts. I made a song using a free for profit beat.

[SongChez]

Thank you Charles!
My remaining question, Could I upload a rough recording to the website just for a reference and to get the rights, and then when I go to remix/pretty it up, not have to upload and pay another fee for the remix if I already own the rights to the first recording?
Or does a whole new recording of that song have to have a copy right?

Thank you for your time !

[boya]

Thanks brother! I write songs, but i have no experience or talent for composing or singing the lyrics, this was great help!

[russbrown]

Thanks for posting this. I just found it, and up to now, I've only had a "poor man's copyright"...but it was so long ago, I only had them on a cassette! I'd rather go the official route. Appreciate this information. Very straightforward.

[HonchoNoQuavo]

Question: Do I have to go through the copyright process for every track/beat I make and intend on releasing? Or can I copyright my name and/or work as a whole to where it will cover future stuff as well.

[jacobmadison]

I just started singing yesterday now I know how to make sure my music doesn't get copied thanks for the video

[AriadnaRosalesMusic]

If you only got the lyrics but no melody or soundtrack yet, do you upload as literary work or Performing arts?

[justjames]

In the UK this is an excerpt directly from the Govt. website.

You get copyright protection automatically - you don’t have to apply or pay a fee. There isn’t a register of copyright works in the UK.
You automatically get copyright protection when you create:

[Ginarae]

hypothetically, would the time stamps in GarageBand/in my laptop be enough to win a lawsuit?

[EnryuCovers]

I have 2 questions
1. What if the song is uploaded on several channel's before you copyright it? what will happen to them after you copyright it?

2. Can you like uncopyright your own music after copyrighting it?

[cubesandoldstuff]

Can I copyright an album before I release it? I've heard that if you copyright something when it's unpublished, then you have to get another copyright for it when it is published, but to me this doesn't make any sense because if you release something and then copyright it after, somebody could steal it, which defeats the purpose of copyrighting it in the first place.