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Chords are only useful if you already know the melody. How could you possibly derive the melody with just chord symbols???
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I am confused why this would not be fairly obvious, given without an indication of the melody , you could end up with a number of different songs with the same exact chord progression, but no means to grant different specific copyright.
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well, sure.
i "get" the whole chord/melody conundrum, but that's sort of beside the point. had i known of their more specific requirements (i.e., what constitutes a "valid" application for a song), i would have either complied or simply not applied, knowing i had no intention (or ability) of complying with their guidelines and saved $65 in the bargain. the whole idea was a novelty gift for a friend. i told her. she's not heartbroken and i got credit for the thought. win/win. meh. experience is what you get right after you need it. |
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Registered a few of my CD with U.S. Copyright Office (cheaper than registering recording by recording).
Unless you write a mega hit probably more useful to just sign up for digital distribution (I have used CDBaby).
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That would be like trying to copyright a poem by just submitting ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ and wondering why that wouldn't sufficiently represent the poem/words you were trying to convey. Could the copyright office have done a better job of calling out what would NOT be sufficient for a music submission? Maybe, maybe not...
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Isn't it also true that you can copyright multiple songs as a "collection" and avoid the cost of individual copyright? For instance, write/record an album worth of music then copyright all songs together?
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See my post 19.
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All you get is legal proof you filed and the date you filed, nothing more. Without it proof is a hard road.
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