![]() ![]() From this point forward, it will be very important to always keep these two sides of copyright in mind. The music publishing industry is focussed on generating interest and revenue from the song compositions, and the recording industry is focussed on the same for the sound recordings. The entire music business has been divided accordingly for decades. One quirk of music copyrights is that we divide them into protection for the song composition © and protection for sound recordings ℗. ![]() When you have a fixed copy of the work to refer to, it should remove all potential ambiguity. This rule makes sense after you learn that copyright protection can last for many decades. An easy test of whether the work is fixed is if you can easily share a copy of the work (e.g., paper, MP3, etc.) with someone else. Playing music live for someone would lack that fixed element. The work must be fixed in a tangible format so that it can be perceived visually or with the aid of a machine or device. ![]() The creator does not have the burden of researching whether there is anything in existence that could be similar to what they created, but their creation may not be copied from something already in existence, either consciously or subconsciously. The work must be the result of an author’s original creative efforts. A copyright automatically exists at the moment something original is created and fixed in a tangible format. In fact, you have already created thousands of copyrightable works on your own and probably have collaborated on hundreds of others. And once you’ve read that, you’ll have the necessary background on how to copyright a song.Īre you all caught up? Okay, as far as how to copyright a song, the good news is that copyrights are extremely easy to create. If you’re stumbling upon this article without any previous music business law context, I suggest you read my previous post, Music Business Law Facts You Need to Know. The following information on how to copyright a song is an excerpt from the Berklee Online course Music Business Law for Artists, authored by Valerie Lovely, which is enrolling now. ![]()
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