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Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers? QuestionAsker #810319 05/14/24 03:30 PM Songwriting
Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 1,811 Sillie Con Valley, California Mike Halloran Expert
Mike Halloran Expert Joined: Apr 2017 Posts: 1,811 Sillie Con Valley, California	To Herb's point (along with my posts), everything about Copyright and IP centers around one word: Permission Licensing — you get permission from the rights holders Ownership — you don't have permission because someone else owns a work and you haven't obtained a license Public Domain — you do have permission because there is a time limit and the rights of the holders have expired and so on… Some day, I may write about being on one of the Intel vs AMD juries over 'microcode'. If I can ever figure out how to fit it onto one page, I will. All I will say for now is that it took an army of Intel lawyers to totally screw up a simple 12 page license written in plain English that allowed AMD to make $Bs without paying Intel a royalty on a second-source license. BIAB 2024 Audiophile Mac 24Core/60CoreGPU M2 MacStudioUltra/8TB/192GB Sequoia, M1 MBAir, 2012 MBP Digital Performer11, LogicPro, Finale27/Dorico/Encore/SmartScorePro64/Notion6 /Overture5

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Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/15/23 09:09 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Brad Williams	02/15/23 09:34 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/16/23 04:28 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/16/23 04:49 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/17/23 10:41 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/17/23 08:13 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/18/23 11:18 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/18/23 05:08 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Brad Williams	02/22/23 03:59 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/23/23 07:13 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/15/23 10:46 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	rayc	02/16/23 12:29 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	02/21/23 09:02 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	02/22/23 08:06 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	02/22/23 11:57 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/22/23 07:37 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/23/23 05:05 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/25/23 02:35 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	David Snyder	02/16/23 12:37 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	02/16/23 06:28 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Jim Fogle	02/16/23 04:59 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/16/23 06:15 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/17/23 12:09 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/17/23 06:23 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/17/23 06:46 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	trapper456	03/13/23 12:23 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Jim Fogle	02/17/23 11:31 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/18/23 05:03 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/18/23 08:15 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/19/23 07:04 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	02/19/23 08:21 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/21/23 12:51 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/21/23 05:02 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mullanphy	02/20/23 09:41 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/22/23 03:05 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	David Snyder	02/22/23 02:09 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/23/23 06:58 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/22/23 03:14 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/22/23 03:38 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/22/23 04:40 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/25/23 10:00 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/23/23 05:30 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Jim Fogle	02/23/23 11:46 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	02/23/23 11:50 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	02/24/23 11:08 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/24/23 06:24 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/27/23 03:21 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	David Snyder	02/26/23 12:09 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/26/23 02:15 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/27/23 04:11 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	02/28/23 06:01 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	06/27/23 09:55 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	02/28/23 07:10 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	02/28/23 09:24 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	03/01/23 12:47 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	03/04/23 08:29 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Byron Dickens	03/05/23 06:29 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	03/05/23 10:20 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	03/09/23 05:53 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Henry Clarke	03/18/23 09:50 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/19/23 08:40 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/19/23 11:47 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/19/23 12:53 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/19/23 02:25 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Henry Clarke	03/19/23 03:01 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	03/18/23 10:17 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	03/19/23 01:34 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	03/19/23 02:00 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/26/23 06:46 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	rayc	03/20/23 01:34 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/20/23 07:45 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/26/23 07:51 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	03/26/23 09:06 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	03/26/23 11:11 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/26/23 12:22 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	rayc	03/20/23 09:19 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/20/23 09:41 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/20/23 10:06 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/26/23 08:45 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 02:05 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Cyberic	03/26/23 11:34 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 02:56 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Charlie Fogle	03/26/23 12:09 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 01:34 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Charlie Fogle	03/26/23 01:51 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 03:20 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Charlie Fogle	03/26/23 06:14 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/26/23 02:06 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	03/26/23 03:04 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/26/23 06:07 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/26/23 06:21 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	justanoldmuso	03/26/23 09:06 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Henry Clarke	03/26/23 11:50 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	MusicVillain	03/27/23 07:33 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/27/23 07:55 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Gordon Scott	03/27/23 10:45 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Uwe Schwarz	04/04/23 06:12 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	B.D.Thomas	04/04/23 11:53 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	06/27/23 11:58 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	06/28/23 08:18 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	10/16/23 03:15 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	10/24/23 08:17 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Warren P	10/15/23 02:22 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Janice & Bud	10/15/23 01:20 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	10/24/23 08:04 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	QuestionAsker	10/24/23 08:02 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	JohnJohnJohn	01/21/24 04:58 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	01/22/24 01:04 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Ely Bass	04/26/24 02:52 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	05/03/24 01:45 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Ely Bass	05/03/24 03:17 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	05/03/24 01:50 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Joe Stroffolino	11/06/23 04:48 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	trapper456	01/20/24 07:36 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	trapper456	01/20/24 07:41 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	01/20/24 09:26 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	01/21/24 02:35 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	edshaw	02/02/24 10:51 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Ely Bass	05/04/24 04:03 AM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Guitarhacker	05/04/24 05:58 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	05/14/24 09:45 PM
Re: Do you copyright your songs before showing it to producers?	Mike Halloran	05/14/24 10:30 PM

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