Originally Posted By: 90 dB

Songuard is not a substitute for copyright.

"Songuard is a date-of-creation registration service that offers protection for your lyrics and melody during the development stage, before you register them with the Register of Copyrights."



This I am aware of.

It is simply a method of establishing a third party verifiable date of creation on the song for my purposes, creating a level of protection better than doing nothing, UNTIL a publisher or library signs it and files an official LOC copyright.

There's really no need to spend the money to copyright everything or even just some of what you write, based on the fear that someone is out there waiting to steal your song. That, my friends, is simply not true.


Last edited by Guitarhacker; 09/08/14 06:04 AM.
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