How to Copyright your music! AN EASY METHOD TO PROTECT YOU SONGS!

[Gowieezy]

This is a smart idea.

[colombobogota]

what about if you post something on youtube? doesn't the video have an uploading date which proves that it was your music since whatever date?

[dgname]

Does this work in Mexico?

[TheGamermaze]

if your upload date on youtube is earlier then the other one?

[RyckardPT]

That is a smart move! Thank you.

Cheers from Portugal

[3ogitator]

Concerning cost: you can always send a collection of songs for the cost of a single song. Downside may be if you change one of the songs and want to copyright it separately, then I'm not sure what becomes of the collection. Shouldn't matter though; you'll just have two versions of one of the songs copyrighted. In any every, it's got to be a better way of protecting your music. Cheaper too!

[11100sam]

isn't posting your song on youtube copywriting it cus they've got dates and everything, as to when it was uploaded?

[OfficialMichaelC]

@11100sam yeah but there's still no official way to prove that someone else didn't post that same song on an earlier date on some other website.

[Stantheman08221975]

A poor mans copyright is very shaky legally...let's just say 'You will get what you pay for'. Be careful.

[joshcloudz]

does this work in countries other than the US?

[Luuk4Guitar]

Dude... That was AWESOME dude! Smart!

[DoctorCalabria]

Wouldn't uploading your song to YouTube give you a similar type of proof if someone comes along later and claims they wrote it? The stats they log would be pretty hard to falsify or alter. I guess none of this helps if a band-mate says s/he wrote the song;)

[DoctorCalabria]

Wouldn't uploading your song to YouTube give you a similar type of proof if someone comes along later and claims they wrote it? The stats they log would be pretty hard to falsify or alter. I guess none of this helps if a band-mate says s/he wrote the song;)

[LYTHBAND]

What about the date created on your computer? and the additional info you can put in to each exported file?

[jy8times]

Can you teach us how to sell music on itunes PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!! Thumbs up if you want him to!!!!

[AllenxMekdara]

@jy8times cdbaby(dot)com (:

[JacobAcousticz]

AWESOME, imma write and record a whole album so i can try this... :D

[sophiefredkin]

AMAZING

[SHADOWMAN296]

Talk to a lawyer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[GeorgeKC2]

This is great hahaha thanks man. Subscribed.

[GameAddictify]

called a poor mans copryright

[Epiffa463]

thanks for the video bro...

[fasttaekwondo]

haahahha... thanks



[leonidhaimov]

Nice man, that's a good idea! Anyways, if I have money to register it, how/where do I do that?

[ShotecMusic]

WOW! Amazing Idea! Thank you for sharing!

[blackwoodjankins]

thank you

[cromag327]

Like the comment under mine, this is a poor man's copy right and will not stand up in court.

[micahbrill]

@cromag327 Haha...is this a comment...to...your...own...co­mment? Lame. For that reason I'm going to dislike this comment and the other one.

[cromag327]

That's a poor mans copyright, and it won't stand up in court.

[micahbrill]

@cromag327 Yup...I went to LA and met with a music lawyer and asked about this...he laughed when it was brought up. Won't hold up in court...just do what he said in regards to BMI or ASCAP. That's a guaranteed copyright. Takes a little while to process though.

[mariaperiwinkle]

Do you have to write your name as the sender?

[TheGCStyle]

Anytime you create something and it is in tangible form, you already have a copyright, but, when it comes time for someone to prove that they own the rights to their music..then that is where the official copyright registration comes in.

[rubynav]

very smart

[sjpc33]

very helpful

[lilmex95]

its not really copyrighting

more like evidence that it's your music in case someone steals it

[NielsHammers]

nice

[zeppy13131]

This is an URBAN LEGEND. It may work in some other countries, but in the U.S. it offers you NO copyright-style protection. (For details, go to Snopes [dot] com and search for "Poor Man's Copyright".)

Please check out these things before you go telling people to do them!

[GaragebandandBeyond]

@zeppy13131 I read it and I see what you mean, but my method goes beyond "Easily Circumvented" post mark and uses Registered mail which creates a legal document between the sender and the post office. As one of my subscribers suggested, go the extra step and use Registered Certified mail for an extra level of documentation.

I did give the disclaimer and I'll say it again. I'm not a lawyer, I'm just a guy who knows a trick.

[TheVenomousDragon]

sweet!!!

[swyitch]

probably should put a disclaimer when giving out legal advice

[GaragebandandBeyond]

@swyitch Good point.

I'm on it

[swyitch]

@GaragebandandBeyond great info though!!! keep'em coming lewin

[TheGCStyle]

@swyitch Great information, which can be helpful in the meantime before one actually gets an official copyright. As far as disclaimers before giving out legal advice...that is always a good idea..but, I would say it is very obvious that what Lewin is doing is to give useful information, and not heavy legal advice, as he said in the video that this is not technically copyrighting, but a tip to help protect yourself...sort of like a consumer protection tip from someone with real-life experience.

[swyitch]

@TheGCStyle youd be surprised how many people would take this as all you need to do to copyright yourself

[skaterjdub]

Thanks this was very helpful

[Stratomacaster]

Make sure it's Registered and Certified. When it's certified delivery, it makes it easier for the post office to verify because it's documented in two separate registers - one outbound and the other a dated delivery signature with your name on it.

[GaragebandandBeyond]

@Stratomacaster Great tip! Thanks!

[rampagetv]

A way easier way and the way I do it, go to myfreecopyright {dot} com. You should annotate that, it's great and they provide you with an MCN and image to put on your website. This method works however as you said it's not actually copyrighting. If you are creative like me it's easy to get lazy and not use said method for every of your 10 or so songs a day. Great vid, thumbs up!

[GaragebandandBeyond]

@rampagetv Thanks a lot for telling me about that I had no idea! I will make a note on the video! Thanks!

[rampagetv]

@GaragebandandBeyond

No problem ;) I like the idea of a community of home recordists that help each other :)