Phoenix5891
Beatmaker
ill o.g.
Is anyone here a member of ASCAP?
Is anyone here a member of ASCAP?
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bigdmakintrax
BeatKreatoR
Yes I have been a member for 3 years....what do you need to know...I am pretty plugged in,,,
Phoenix5891
Beatmaker
ill o.g.
Do they copyright your music for you?
If I sell a beat that I named "Streets Raised Me" then the artist makes a song to it under a different name will I have to inform them that I sold that beat to that artist in order to collect royalties that song brings in?
If I sell a beat that I named "Streets Raised Me" then the artist makes a song to it under a different name will I have to inform them that I sold that beat to that artist in order to collect royalties that song brings in?
bigdmakintrax
BeatKreatoR
No it is only for music publishing, you have to copyright your material outside of that and that is via the US GUVment....
http://www.copyright.gov/register/sound.html
use that link man....get the form
don't be cheap a lot of people are too cheap to spend 30 or 35 stinkin dollars to protect their own work....hell you can send a volume, I have sent like 6 full cd's of tracks as a volume thats like 100 beats....and they file it and you get the certificate...
ASCAP deals with Royalty payments after you have a song that may be getting airplay from a large variety of different sources and they calculate a quarterly check payment if any you are due for the rotation of your music or public performances etc...,,,,it's way more than that I would go to the page to get the expert opinion, here's tha link...
http://www.ascap.com/index.html
http://www.copyright.gov/register/sound.html
use that link man....get the form
don't be cheap a lot of people are too cheap to spend 30 or 35 stinkin dollars to protect their own work....hell you can send a volume, I have sent like 6 full cd's of tracks as a volume thats like 100 beats....and they file it and you get the certificate...
ASCAP deals with Royalty payments after you have a song that may be getting airplay from a large variety of different sources and they calculate a quarterly check payment if any you are due for the rotation of your music or public performances etc...,,,,it's way more than that I would go to the page to get the expert opinion, here's tha link...
http://www.ascap.com/index.html
Kevin A
Differentiated Rebel
ill o.g.
you guy need to look up something called artists right if I recall correct. I think you work is copywritten as soon as you make it now. I heard something of that nature before. You can also mail your production files to your self and when it comes to you, never open it. That will stand up in court.
Phoenix5891
Beatmaker
ill o.g.
Good looks...I had more questions but I can't think right now.
C
Copenhagen
Guest
Even though Kevin A is right, you have the burden of proof. Therefore, the option of mailing your beats to yourself and not opening the package, so called "poor man's copyright", and the fact that your beats are yours as soon as you've made them, is not a guarantee that it will stand up in court. You should choose to copyright them at the link BigD supplied.
Also be aware that once you create a music work (meaning a beat, track, song whatever you want to call it) by law you already own it, all the copyright does is help to provide some official proof that it is in fact yours. It still doesn't stop some people from stealing your music if they want to, so don't think everything is everything just because you received a certificate from the government! By all means do it if your serious about your music. I'm also a member of Ascap and I believe you can process your copyrights online via the Ascap site I could be wrong though. Either way it still goes through the library of congress.
Phoenix5891
Beatmaker
ill o.g.
Aight thanks
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pmJ
Guest
What about........
Sup, I'm new here, but there seems to be a lot of good info on here. I actually had a question referring to this subject. I checked for info reguarding the question but couldn't find anything, my bad if its a repeat.
Currently I am producing beats for one of my crew member's solo albums. He said something about wanting to own the beats by paying for them or discussing a % deal of sells from his album. Once this project is finished of course we will have it copyrighted. But if I want to hold the proof that I made the beats, do I need to copyright them first? How do I maintain my rights stating I produced the beat. LOL, I'm not really concerned for beats within my crew, but if I sell beats too, cause someone could just buy a beat, what says they will give you the credit for it? Say their album blows up and they claim they made the beat. How do you protect yourself against that? Thanx, hope this makes since, pm.
Sup, I'm new here, but there seems to be a lot of good info on here. I actually had a question referring to this subject. I checked for info reguarding the question but couldn't find anything, my bad if its a repeat.
Currently I am producing beats for one of my crew member's solo albums. He said something about wanting to own the beats by paying for them or discussing a % deal of sells from his album. Once this project is finished of course we will have it copyrighted. But if I want to hold the proof that I made the beats, do I need to copyright them first? How do I maintain my rights stating I produced the beat. LOL, I'm not really concerned for beats within my crew, but if I sell beats too, cause someone could just buy a beat, what says they will give you the credit for it? Say their album blows up and they claim they made the beat. How do you protect yourself against that? Thanx, hope this makes since, pm.