Monday, September 20, 2010

A Method To Copyright The Song

By Ramaswami Natarajan

Copyright protection starts once the created works are protected in any tangible form. Filing the copyright in the registration office is very important for the protection of copyright. The created copyright registration shows that you had been given a copyright for a particular creative work and it cannot be used; sell by anyone without your consent of the knowledge. We can file a case against anyone who is misusing our work which is protected under copyright.

The steps involved in copyrighting a song are as detailed below: The song which is created can be protected in the form of paper, compact disk, floppy disc etc. The created song should be registered with a person who provides a stamped registration certificate. The registration certificate is supplied through copyright registration office. This certificate provides protection against the infringers. It gives the right to own the song from the day we are submitting the song. Earliest stamp protection gives the legal protection and hence no one can copy the work after it is registered.

If any infringement occurs, the Registration certificate of copyright will be very significant. This is the only evidence to prove that our work is created by us and we are the creator of our work. Equal rights shall be shared between partners if the work involves more than one person. The agreement document shall be maintained by all the partners. The agreement stating that who contributed to the creative works shall be maintained in proper manner.

The songs are copyrighted as soon as they are done. It shall be in the form of "copyright2010 name of the songwriter "words of the song). It shall be written in the lyric sheet. Once the song was copyrighted, it can be made accessible to the public in the form of uploading in you tube, accessing through on-line, compact discs etc.

Record producer, song writer, performance etc are the rights included in the copyright song. A record producer is a person does the recording process. The lyrics and music includes in the Song writer. The person who writes the lyrics called as lyricist. Composer is a person who writes the music. Record label is a trademark name which is associated with the promotion of music videos and recordings.

The written music shall not consist of any words. The song lyrics can be protected as a literary work. These privileges will be owned by the lyricist. The written music and its rights will be owned by the music composer. The graphical notation will be protected as a literary work.

A process were a sound recording is made is called as the sound recording. The recording company is the owner of the sound recording. The rights of the performers are assigned to the recording company. They own the copyright sound recording ownership.

When recording is made of their performance then the Permission from Performers is necessary. They are the creators of sound recording and they have moral rights. A live performer means performance made by the performers. Performer includes a musician, dancer, entertainer, conjurer, actor, singer, snake charmer, a person delivering a lecture or any other person who makes a performance.

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