I have been led to believe the rate for a group of unpublished works is going up to $85 dollars from the current $55 dollars.

Currently, you can register 10 sound recordings and 10 underlying lyrical content (a total of 20 Copyrights) for $55 dollars

That works out to $2.75 per copyright. There are good reasons to register with eCO. Of course, a copyright is created the second you record something. Having that material registered gives you other protection. The exact scope of all that is beyond my desire to explain. Get a good music business lawyer if you want real answers.

This is done using "Group of Unpublished Works" which is different from the standard application.

There is a need to understand the legal meaning of "Unpublished Works" It is not so difficult to read about and understand.

I do not know when the government will change the price.

That works out to $550 for two hundred copywrites. That is a bit of money but it is not a material amount of money if you need to defend your Copywrite.

There are 7 registrations for every track you release if you want to collect all the money owed to you. While all of this is certainly work, and there is some minor cost involved, it is what you need to do to be an indie artist.

There is no way to know what will happen when you release a song. I don't care if it was created on a five-gallon bucket with a drum stick, on Band In A Box, or in the best studio in Nashville using the best studio musicians.

And of course, it is a little like winning the lottery but people win every day. Some win big and some just win a few hundred dollars. I would be super happy to get 30 cents a day on 20 percent of the songs I own. That would give me an annual income of close to eleven thousand dollars.

I think there are a lot of people on this site who could be making money with their music if they only knew how and were willing to do the work to make it happen.

If you want to know more then PM me.

Cheers,

Billy

“Amazing! I’ll be working with Jaco Pastorius, Charlie Parker, Art Tatum, and Buddy Rich, and you’re telling me it’s not that great of a gig?
“Well…” Saint Peter, hesitated, “God’s got this girlfriend who thinks she can sing…”