Copyright question?
How do you copyright a song or an instrumental in Canada? I need basic information and advanced please...I am completely clueless. Thanks in advance.
Answers:
You and or your band put a lot of effort into writing your music. They are your creative work and your property; you need to ensure that you copyright your songs.
Song Copyright and Music Copyright:
It is clear, from the fact that you have visited this article, that you are smart enough to learn about song copyright. It is in no way a hard subject to learn about - and the basic principles across all copyright is the same: You need to show that the work is yours. IE - THIS SONG IS MINE, THIS IS MY NAME, THIS IS THE YEAR I CREATED THE SONG - SO HANDS OFF.
A Few Points:
Under the Berne Convention, most countries have a deal where as soon as your song, music or lyrics are written down in a tangiable form -then they are already copyrighted. You dont need to do anything.
You no longer truly need, when you want to show that you have a song copyright or music copyright, as you created it - the copyright symbol --> (C) it's not really needed since the Berne convention.
HOWEVER - it is always great to show people that you know your stuff - so ensure that you use it as a detterent to show that the copyright is yours. Visit our article about the Copyright Symbol to find out more.
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"NDP Heritage Critic Charlie Angus (Timmins-James Bay) says the emergence of the star-studded Canadian Music Creators Coalition (CMCC) is a welcome addition to the long simmering war over copyright legislation. The Coalition is in Ottawa to meet with Industry Minister Maxime Bernier and Heritage Minister Bev Oda.
The CMCC intervention comes as the government discusses legislation that could have wide-ranging impacts for music fans, educators and software innovators. Restrictive copyright legislation could be used to squash the development of new digital distribution models, sue kids who share music files and impose tollbooths on the educational use of the Internet."
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