What is involved with copyrighting my songs?
My band and I write songs and are putting out a cd. One of my fiends told me all I have to do to copyright these songs is to mail a copy of the songs to myself. Is that true?
-Rick. Reno, NV
This is one of the major long term fallacies that gets passed around and around again. It will help you in a court case but it’s not the way to proceed with a body of work. It’s very easy to copyright material through the Library of Congress. Check their website. No one has ever won a case in superior court proving they sent a song to themselves.
