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What Would John Doe Do? – Music Publishing
Editor’s Note: John Doe’s new album KEEPER is now available. Click here to check it out. Question from Chris in Austin, TX Hello Mr. Doe, Recently I have been involved in extensive songwriting with my chums, and the notion of publishing has come up repeatedly. Here are my questions: Is it worth the effort to wrestle through the stacks of paperwork required to maintain complete control over your works, or is it viable to give a publishing house 50% of your money to … Read entire article »
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An Overview of Music Publishing
Copyright Often the process of registering a copyright is what comes to mind when people hear the term copyright. However, songs are automatically copyrighted as soon as they are in tangible form, even recorded at home or simply written down. Copyrighted songs have to be original (not copies of another piece) and significant enough to constitute a work. Copyrighting your work (getting it out of your head and in tangible form) not only protects it from … Read entire article »
