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ok so im in the process of writting a couple of songs, and when im done im gonna want to put them up on a music myspace. im not a particulatly good singer and dont plan on starting an actual band, but i want to claim the songs as my own. i was wondering what i would have to go through to get a simple copyright so noone could steal my lyrics.
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Dear cpyright,
First you need to send your copies of your lyrics to the govenments copyright patent office. You are looking to spend 30-60 dollars per copyright ($30 I think). This can take up to 6 months. if you want to post your songs you want to go to the post office and send your self the lyrics on the mail. Keep the reciept and have them stamp the postings with the date. When you get them back in the mail never open them and staple the reciept to the mail.
What does this do you ask? Well keeping the reciept and the un opened mail, if you see someone uses your song and you want to sue, they will need a copyright before they can make profit and when you show a copyright and your reciept at an earlier date than the artist. You get all the money and rights they made using your song. If you have any other questions about this, e-mail me for I know all about this issue.
Christoper Lee Espinoza
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With copyrights, you will own a copywrite the second the song is written, assuming that you wrote the song in no violation of other people's works. However, you need to register the copywrite if somebody DOES steal your song, and that will require money. Yet, the copywrite by itself is good. If you want to say it is copywrite before the song lyrics are posted, I would do that.
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You automatically own the copyright to your work even if you don't do anything about it, but if you want to copyright to be enforceable, you need to register it with your local copyright agency.
For example, if you're in the United States, go to [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) for information on how to register. If you're not in the United States, search on Google for your local copyright agency.
This will involve mailing a form and a copy of your song. I don't know if it means you'll have to write out the music or if you can just send a recording.
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