Comments on: How do you copyright music or beats you make? http://www.beatswagger.net/how-do-you-copyright-music-or-beats-you-make/ Tue, 22 May 2012 12:59:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: STEVEN F http://www.beatswagger.net/how-do-you-copyright-music-or-beats-you-make/comment-page-1/#comment-1744 STEVEN F Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:06:28 +0000 #comment-1744 coragryph is correct. If you wish to register the copyright, the link below is the website of the US Copyright Office. That is a good place to start. coragryph is correct. If you wish to register the copyright, the link below is the website of the US Copyright Office. That is a good place to start.

]]> By: coragryph http://www.beatswagger.net/how-do-you-copyright-music-or-beats-you-make/comment-page-1/#comment-1743 coragryph Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:06:28 +0000 #comment-1743 Once you produce any creative work, it is copyrighted as soon as it is "fixed in a tangible medium" -- meaning recorded, written down, etc. You can (but are not required to) register your copyright with the US copyright office (or the office in your country). This provides additional protections. But the basic copyright is automatic, unless you take steps to release the work into the public domain. Once you produce any creative work, it is copyrighted as soon as it is "fixed in a tangible medium" — meaning recorded, written down, etc.

You can (but are not required to) register your copyright with the US copyright office (or the office in your country). This provides additional protections.

But the basic copyright is automatic, unless you take steps to release the work into the public domain.

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