Originally Posted by Mike Halloran
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Most of the songs are officially published.

If by that, you mean properly registered on a Form PA–Published, then any subsequent Registration on a new PA should refer to the earlier Copyright Certificates since you are only registering the changes to an existing work. The LOC has bulletins and FAQs to help you with this. Too bad they don't give a discount on the applicable fees when you do this.
Some time ago, I spent a lot of time trying to figure out what it takes to properly register music in the US and decided not to do it.
First, there are a lot of other countries where I would have to do the same thing, and second, according to Copyright Germany vs. US it's not really necessary (though helpful in case of litigation) if something is already copyrighted under German law.
In times of globalization, this is one archaic pile of crap.

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