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Music Law: Copyrighting a Song

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Learn how to get and protect copyrights for your songs, and understand the critical language, concepts, and business aspects of music copyright.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
1. Music and Copyright
  • What is a song copyright?
  • What a song copyright is not
  • What is a sound recording copyright?
  • How do song copyrights earn money?
2. Song Ownership
  • Who owns a song?
  • Who is a co-writer?
  • The co-writer agreement
3. Copyright Registration
  • Why register?
  • What's needed for registration?
  • When is a song published?
4. Registering a Song Copyright
  • Getting started with registration
  • Choosing the type of work
  • Entering your title or titles
  • Publication/completion
  • Authors
  • Claimants
  • Limitation of claim
  • Rights and permissions (and beyond)
  • Certification and review
  • Deposit materials
  • Paper forms and PDFs
5. Afterward
  • After you file
  • Formalities
Conclusion
  • What's next?

Taught by

Richard Stim

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