COPYRIGHT YOUR ORIGINAL WORKS!

It's easy to submit to the U.S. Copyright Office and lay claim to your creative efforts!

The U.S. Copyright Office will send you copyright information and form SR (Sound Recording) by calling their voice mail at 202-707-9100.

You should receive the following:

Circular 1, Copyright Basics

Circular 7d, Mandatory Deposit Requirements

Circular 56, Copyright for Sound Recordings

(This is the path I took in copyrighting my first recording in January of 1996. If there are any corrections required please contact APG and let me know.)

Requirements for Copyright of Recorded Work

Completed form SR

Two copies of your recording. This can be a cassette though more permanent forms are preferred if available. (CD, LP, DAT tape)

$20.00 check

A whole collection of songs can be copyrighted at one time, so this is a very inexpensive means by which to lay claim to your creative efforts.

Copyright processing should be completed within 16 weeks, and the copyright Office suggests that you send your submission by return receipt mail for your own peace of mind.

Address: Copyright Office, Library of Congress, Washington D.C., 20559-6000

We all must learn and play by the rules in the new world of internet publishing, both to protect our own interests and those of the artists we appreciate. Please become familiar with copyright restrictions on reproduction of the creative efforts of others. Information on copyright restrictions is available for the asking on most music newgroups.

lw