Originally Posted By: trapper456
Thanks I just got a definitive answer from another user, he said no ones going to steal your music, no ones going to steal my music. You can't make any money off of music any more. So I guess no you don't need to copyright it any more, because in my thoughts, everybody's writing their own stuff.

That's an amusing answer and allows you to shrug your shoulders & move on BUT
It's not true on any level.
Someone might like the song & use it or elements of it. If you post a song on Soundcloud etc. and make it clear you hold copyright, if you send yourself a copy of the file, if you state when posting and make it clear then you have an argument in most jurisdictions.
Money can be made from music - "plays" on streaming services, placement in movies/adverts etc. via Songtradr, making an album & selling it in physical &/or digital form can all generate income. Probably next to nothing but some. Sites like SoundClick and Soundcloud as well as many others allow covers to be posted and rip offs too.
Someone's blithe/off hand/dismissive, nihilist of amused remark does not a truth make no matter how close to a reality it may veer.

Cheers
rayc
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