How to Copyright Music: Band Management Tips

Video Transcript

"Copyrighting ones music is a process of registering an original work with the United States Copyright Office. This is done through filling out forms and sending in copies of your work. Original works are extremely important assets to musicians and is important to protect your works from copyright fraud so that you can get fees and paid money for your music. In most cases this is the highest form of getting money that musicians can have. It often surpasses concerts and venues because the duration of copyrights lasts a long time and any time the music is used it is getting, you can get money for it if it is copyrighted. The income that you get is collected through royalties which is done by having licenses through your music. This will be talked about later in the lesson. The US Copyright Act is what has made this possible. The Act has gone into effect in 1978 and here it is. "The congress shall have power to promote the progressive science and useful arts by securing, for a limited time, to authors and inventors, the exclusive rights to their respective writings and discoveries.""