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Posted by Stephen L. Anderson on April 02, 2001 at 13:28:13:

In Reply to: How do I copywrite my songs? posted by Pamela Hills on April 02, 2001 at 12:19:41:

: I am wanting to send some songs that I wrote and put
: music to, to a group to hopefully record. I need to
: know how I get it Copywrited first. One of the ladies
: in the group advised to me have them copywrited before
: sending the songs to them, but they do their on recordings
: so she could not advise me on how I should go about doing
: this. Please help me.


Once the music is "fixed in a tangible medium of expression" it can be copyrighted.

That is, if the music (lyrics and notes) is written down as a composition and/or recorded as a sound recording, copyright protection can be sought via application to the U.S. Copyright Office - Library of Congress.

If a musician thinks of a new song and performs it to an audience, before writing it down or recording it, copyright does not protect the song, because it is not "fixed".

For more information, regarding costs and procedures please visit our website:

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