Do not believe in the "self-addressed stamped envelope, registered mail" scheme if you live in the US.

Such won't make it to deposition, or even past the first attorney.

You can legally append, "© by xxxxx xxxxxx, all rights reserved" on any song you have written as soon as you have written it.

This is not the same thing as having registered your song with the US Copyright office, which should be the next step at some point.

As already pointed out, registration of copyright is not a guarantee that your work will not get stolen, but should such a fiendish thing happen, you are in a much better place if you have the registration.

Those wishing to save money on the copyright fees in the US should look into the "compilation" copyright. Be careful with that one, though, as certain rights are abrogated as compared to the single copyright. I'm not a lawyer, I've just been involved with songs and copyrights for years. Well, decades.

Finding out copyright info for the US has never been easier. The webwsite now covers it ALL. There is a well=-organized FAQ, also. This is where you should always go to find out the plain truth. And nowhere else.


http://www.copyright.gov/


Book mark the page.


--Mac

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