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Follow these steps to register your
recording of your song or music. (From US Copyright Office
Website)
Step 1
Make sure your work is a sound recording. Sound recordings are
“works that result from the fixation of a series of musical, spoken,
or other sounds, but not including the sounds accompanying a motion
picture or other audiovisual work.” Common examples include
recordings of music, drama, or lectures.
Copyright registration for a sound recording alone is neither the
same as, nor a substitute for, registration for the musical,
dramatic, or literary work recorded. The underlying work may be
registered in its own right apart from any recording of the
performance, or in certain cases, the underlying work may be
registered together with the sound recording.
Step 2
Put into one envelope or package:
- a completed application
Form SR and
Form CON if needed.
- a $45 payment to "Register of Copyrights."
- nonreturnable copy(ies) of the material to be registered
Step 3
Send the package to:
Library of Congress
Copyright Office
101 Independence Avenue, S.E.
Washington, D.C. 20559-6000
Your registration becomes effective on the day that the Copyright
Office receives your application, payment, and copy(ies) in
acceptable form. If your submission is in order, you will receive a
certificate of registration in approximately 4 months.
For more details, please see Circular 56,
Copyright Registration for Sound Recordings and other
informational circulars.
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