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Music Law: Copyrighting a Song

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Provider

LinkedIn Learning
Pricing

Free Trial Available
Languages

English
Certificate

Certificate Available
Duration & workload

1 hour 7 minutes
Sessions

On-Demand
Level

Beginner

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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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