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TJ6900	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 9:14 AM Im looking at copyrighting my music through ASCAP, are they any good? Free? and whats all this stuff I keep reading on their site about them paying artist royalties from gigs and air play?
Distilled1	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 12:51 PM You Register copyright at the copyright office it is not free but should be done if you belive it is good enough for someone to steal. You Register with ASCAP and or BMI they are a royalities collection agencys, (who never pay what they are suposed to; to the artist anyway) and unless you are getting airplay or some one is using your work I think its a waste of time (just my opinion). Read thru this what is copy... forum and do a google search on these subjects, there is a ton of info on it.
Distilled1	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 12:52 PM from another post taken from another post by tames: Date: February 1, 2004 @ 8:34 AM Some authors mail a copy of their work to themselves, just as some screenwriters file their works with the Writer's Guild of America. This practice (known as "poor man's copyright") merely establishes that, as of a certain date (the postmark or WGA filing date), the work existed, thus predating any subsequent infringing work. It does not create protection (because protection already existed when the work was written down) and, more importantly, does not provide the benefits that a formal copyright registration does. WHY REGISTER? For $30, registration with the Copyright Office will afford you the following benefits: 1. You are able to sue for infringement in U.S. District Court. Without registration, any lawsuit that you bring will automatically be dismissed. It also pays to register early, since there is currently a backlog of about nine months between the date an application is filed and the date a certificate of registration is issued. If you wait until you are about to begin a lawsuit, you will need to file your application on an expedited basis and will pay additional fees. Additionally, you probably will have lost other substantial benefits you would have had if you had filed earlier. 2. If you do sue for infringement, a registration certificate (which you obtained within five years of the publication of your work) will provide substantial evidence in court. It will establish that you have two things you otherwise would have to prove an original work of authorship and ownership of a valid copyright. 3. Early registration (that is, before the infringement or within 90 days of the first publication of your work) also allows you to be awarded statutory damages, as well as the costs of litigation and attorney's fees. Statutory damages might be the only compensation for an author unable to prove actual damages from an infringement. Additionally, you increase your ability to attract attorneys (who, as a general group, are somewhat concerned with payment of their fees), if the court has discretion to award you attorney's fees in a successful lawsuit.
Distilled1	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 12:56 PM http://www.dmusic.com/forum/copyright/17059#1
GeneHilbert	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 1:03 PM What I do is register a bulk at once, 10 to 12 as one work with individual movements with form PA cost $30. All with individual manuscripts, lyrics and accompanying recordings. Then if I want to separate a single piece for a right to use license - I'll send a separate dedicated copyright for that piece. Form SR is separate and for Sound Recording releases.
GeneHilbert	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 1:11 PM ASCAP is separate they collect for rights of use and royalties paid. Unless you presently have music being used in films, TV, radio, or ads and are receiving monies from these - ASCAP, BMI and SESAC are useless to you..... There is another one in Europe but I don’t remember what it’s called. They're more like an organized crime syndicate than anything else.
Distilled1	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 1:26 PM "They're more like an organized crime syndicate than anything else." We do the PA its easy
GeneHilbert	Date: March 18, 2006 @ 2:05 PM Performing Art Works

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