Copyrighting a beat???

[Jonny Punchline]

b4 i let sum1 buy exclusive rights to a beat how do i get it officially copyrighted???

 

[Blood Bruthaz]

Go to www.copyright.gov and look for a link for copyrighting sound recordings. You have to mail it to the library of congress and i believe the fee is 25$ if it hasnt changed....but there should also be link with directions on it too.

And heres a tip:

Instead of copyrighting only 1 track, you can record everything on cassette (maybe the first couple of loops of each track unless your tracks completely change halfway) and name your works something like "jonny punchline tracks Volume 1" , that way all your songs will be in volume 1 and you will save your resources.

Now ive heard about mailing yourself your works and not opening the envelop but after talking to certain people that work in this field, I've found that this method will not hold up in court.

Hope this helps. If anybody notice something i missed, please correct me....BBP


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[AHXBEATS]

Go to www.copyright.gov and look for a link for copyrighting sound recordings. You have to mail it to the library of congress and i believe the fee is 25$ if it hasnt changed....but there should also be link with directions on it too.

And heres a tip:

Instead of copyrighting only 1 track, you can record everything on cassette (maybe the first couple of loops of each track unless your tracks completely change halfway) and name your works something like "jonny punchline tracks Volume 1" , that way all your songs will be in volume 1 and you will save your resources.

Now ive heard about mailing yourself your works and not opening the envelop but after talking to certain people that work in this field, I've found that this method will not hold up in court.

Hope this helps. If anybody notice something i missed, please correct me....BBP


https://www.illmuzik.com/artists/directory/B/bloodbruthaz/index.php
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/5/bloodbruthazproductionsmusic.htm

Perfect.. I have done this many times over. And it works. Poor mans Copyrights are a waste of time. (mailing joints to yourself). Also what I did was open an account at the lib. of congress. I make beats so fast sometimes that It would cost me mad doe to keep copyrighting them. So if your like me, open your own account. It's pretty cheap, and your stuff will get processed faster. Just an idea..

X-RAY
"aka"
Jewel Avenue OX

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[brooklynstyle]

How do u do that? How do u open an account there. I dont get this idea of mailing them beats to yourself.

 

[Authority]

Yea and still is it gonna cost you everytime you make a beat to sale??????just to get it copyrighted......for instance if i made 100 beats to sell......would i have to pay like $30 per track regardless?or wat?

 

[Blood Bruthaz]

Yea and still is it gonna cost you everytime you make a beat to sale??????just to get it copyrighted......for instance if i made 100 beats to sell......would i have to pay like $30 per track regardless?or wat?

naw man...put as many tracks as you can on a cassette tape or CD...name the entire media and copyright it under that name...If that makes sense.

 

[5th Sequence]

blood bruthaz is right. It's not $30 a track but $30 to copyright whatever is on the cd. If you have one beat on the cd then that beat just cost you $30 to copyright. If you put 45 second snippits of say 30 beats on one cd, it'd cost you $30 as well.

Get as much on there as you can.

 

[Authority]

so do i have to put the whole beats on the casette tape or can i put snippets of the beats to get more......Or is it best to put the whole beat on their......

 

[Relic]

I'd put it on cd if you can, you could put 45 sec or 60,
I will say the first time I filled out a form I wasnt sure what I was doing.
Its too easy....
Just do what they said in #2 above.

 

[Authority]

Im try it out and put like 60 seconds of each beat on it and c what happens.....peace

 

[misscc803]

Yeah i need to be doin dat to. Gotta get more info on it to.

 

[Relic]

Folks...if your serious then copyright that thing..
Really...