OK another COPYRIGHT question..please help

[incogneeto]

ok everyone, i haven't been here in a minute...but I FINALLY made a demo tape to send to my boy who works out in L.A.

basically what I did was put together 1 minute cuts of about 12 beats i made....so basically 12 1 mins tracks...

i strung them all together on protools...i made 12 tracks and each one has a beat on it..and i strung them together with 1 beat going right into the next, no breaks and no stop inbetween tracks...

my question to you guys is this...how do I go about copyrighting these....i know about the SR form and send the $45 in, but do i send that cd and put it in as 12 tracks or only 1 long 12 min track????

AND, about 3 of those 12 beats have a sample in them....now CAN I copyright all 12 no matter if there is a sample in 3 of them, and as long as someone wants to use a track with no sample, i already have that copyrighted...and if they wanted a track with a sample, i would tell them i have the arrangement copyrighted, and just not the sample cleared yet...

thanks for all your help in advance....i am really confused on what to do here....

 

[Relic]

The more specific you can be when copyrighting them the better.

Its better than just one 12 minute song to break it down into 12, 1 minute songs.
As far as samples I dont know, Id be interested to know the answer to that, I wouldnt attempt to copyright any sample until its cleared because you still wont own the copyright on the sample.

 

[Ash Holmz]

basically what I did was put together 1 minute cuts of about 12 beats i made....so basically 12 1 mins tracks...

i strung them all together on protools...i made 12 tracks and each one has a beat on it..and i strung them together with 1 beat going right into the next, no breaks and no stop inbetween tracks...

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why did u do that lol? hows he gonna shop it if he cant get to track 9 without ff through the entire disc

anyways just mail the same thing u sent him to the copywrite office along with ur $30 bux and ur good

 

[incogneeto]

TRUE...i will probably break them up into 12 seperate tracks....thanks

 

[SlickVikNewman]

Pump ya brakes.......

TRUE...i will probably break them up into 12 seperate tracks....thanks

Hold on fam, before you go sending $30, know that now its up to $45 maaane!!

 

[N.Y.S.O.M.]

sample clearance

I have a question I know u can't copyright a beat without clearing the sample. but what if I did the beat for a mixtape n sold it in the streets that prolly wouldn't afftect the clearance then would it?

 

[Relic]

Nah, it wouldnt, it aint gonna generate enough $ to make them spend the $ to come lookin for you.

IMO

 

[BeatAssassin]

Yeah, I would be careful with try'n to copyright a song with a sample. Basically sample clearly is a hard process if you don't go at it the right way. Even before you think about sample a song you should get permission. You can take the chance at doing the song without consent an then send it to the publishing company-Harry Fox Agency is the best to use. They have a good rep in the business. Here is some site that can explain the process in the States and Abroad

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/onemusic/legal/samplep01.shtml

www.harryfox.com

http://www.illegal-art.org/audio/liner.html

There are other places just search the internet and you'll find the answer.