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Posted at July 30, 2015, 10:24 am:

hello

has anyone else copyrighted anything that you have done. i have just recorded a 4 track ep with my band and i would like to copyright the songs. can anyone tell me a website to go to, or that you have used or heard about.

Thanks
Nik

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You'll have to go to the state and talk to the patent office to get th...

My ex guitarist used to copyright his lyrics using BMI.

Or you can put the cd in an envelope, mail it to yourself, write the d...

Just burn it to a CD and mail it to yourself in a sealed envelope and ...

why does that work? and does it work in the Uk?

Legally, it must have been created on or before the date the Post Offi...

It does work in the UK.

It's better in the UK as we have Royal Mail, which makes it a departme...

^ Same thing here; the Post Office is part of the government.

The Royals arn't the government

I know the UK isn't run by the crown anymore but I figured it would ho...

The man speaks the truth, besides I think its 50 bucks to file a paten...

Er.

I'd reccomend obtaining a Creative Commons license if you're in the US...

people can steal your music and put it on cd and sell it or put it in ...

This doesn't have to do with what you asked, threadstarter, but I noti...

well if your in aus, it's automatically patented/copyrighted.

uh.

well, why would i know the laws of any other country .

empty post

Wikipedia is the world's best friend.

Indeed.

Encyclopedia Exxageration > Wikipedia.

What about hosting it online and putting a little © next to it? (Serio...

Possible if you have uneditable date logs I suppose.

I think that would generally file under the creative commons license b...

As the last two have said about the dates, it'd be hard to tell when y...

Alright, next question: what do you include with an envelope? Just a C...

All you'd need is the cd with a list of the track names and who the co...

Also, I'd throw a date in there as well just to be sure.

No point, the only reliable date is the postage stamp.

Eh.

*Waits for Alex.

Anyone can mail themself a blank envelope, open it, put a cd in and se...

I think the post office won't stamp or process an unsealed envelope.

good luck sneaking into a post office and stealing a stamp.

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