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Copyrighting music adhoc

  • 21-05-2015 12:18pm
    #1
    nyarlothothep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,182 ✭✭✭


    Hi, is it possible to copyright music cheaply on the fly, basically if I write a song I would like some insurance as it were if I had to prove I wrote it so I was wondering if there are any cheap, effective and definitive methods of ensuring that proof.


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  • #2
    Going Forward
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 8,224 ✭✭✭Going Forward


    nyarlothothep wrote: »
    Hi, is it possible to copyright music cheaply on the fly, basically if I write a song I would like some insurance as it were if I had to prove I wrote it so I was wondering if there are any cheap, effective and definitive methods of ensuring that proof.

    Email a copy of the song to yourself?

    One of the old methods was to post it to yourself.

    Or take a gamble and create a profile on something like soundcloud crediting yourself and asserting copyright .


  • #3
    Mr. Incognito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,798 ✭✭✭Mr. Incognito


    Send a copy to imro


  • #4
    Grolschevik
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭Grolschevik


    The email/soundcloud approach seems best. You already have copyright in your music; you just need a way to prove it, should that ever become necessary.

    Back in the day, you'd record it on an audiotape and send it to yourself by registered post, including any chord charts, music notation, lyrics, names of contributors, etc. And NOT open it til the need for proof. There are bound to be comparable digital ways to do this now. Even the metadata on your digital recording would serve as proof.

    For IMRO membership, you used to have to have a commercially releasable product, and submit a CD that had a unique barcode, for example.

    I don't think they act as a copyright guarantor, but I suppose it's worth checking their website for advice on this. And IRMA, too.


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