20 Dec
2005
20 Dec
'05
3:18 p.m.
R Parker offered the following on 12/20/2005 12:12 PM:
Hi,
Not sure if this question has been answered, but I'll suggest the
Creative Commons project is possibly the first stop to check on what the
current status is regarding licensing for the Internet, and copyright
questions:
www.creativecommons.org
Tom
--
Open Studios, Charles City, Iowa, USA
www.ibiblio.org/studioforrecording/
Sorry, but this is incorrect. Since 1998 any
piece of music that has been
published (this is a very loose term which includes
putting it on a CD and
handing it to a friend) is automatically
copyrighted. You may register this
copyright with the US Copyright Office but this is
not required. If you do wish
to register the copyright all you need is a cassette
tape and a copy of the
lyrics (if any).
Copyright registration has been on my mind lately. I
believe single and bulk (album) song registrations
cost $30.00. That is expensive when you consider how
the internet has shaped publishing and distribution.
Any of us can write, publish and distribute a song in
a single day. I don't think anyone wants to pay $30.00
for every registration.
The $30.00 registration purchases legally acceptable
evidence of ownership that is presentable in a court
of law. It is a record of proof but it's not
exclusive.
We used to do the poor man's registration by mailing
evidence, songs on a cassette with lyrics, back to
ourselves in a registered U.S. Postal package. That's
more affordable but inconvienant.
I want to publish with a free service on the internet
that establishes an equivalent to the poor man's
registration. Is this happening yet?
ron
Jan
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