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What are steps and costs for copyrighting songs and poems that you wrote?

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Answer #1

Here’s a way to do it for free - post them on a blog or website that hosts them…once they are written online, they are timestamped. If someone tried to steal it afterwards and claim it, the time stamp would show that you were the first person to submit it, and it would hold up in court. Alternatively, email them to yourself so you have a date when they were made. If you want, you can go to the copyright commission and pay around $60 (+/-) for a copyright.

Answer #2

just for one is $60?

Answer #3

Yes…well, that’s the approximate cost here in Canada, I can’t be certain if it’s the same where you are.

Answer #4

Im doing it the free way, there is no way im wasting that much money.

Answer #5

Legaly as soon as you write something it’s copyrighted. The point would be to prove it. I write my poems on a site called poetrypoem.com and you would have electronic precedence if you needed it they also have links to story sites if you write stories.

Answer #6

My brother is into music big time and he sent his lyrics to someone in Nashville to look at. About two years later his songs were being recorded by someone else, changed a little of course. It took the wind right out of his sails. Make sure you have proof they are yours before you give them to anyone to look at.

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