Protect My Beat Dot Com

[ATmusic]

So I stumbled upon this site while searching for ways to legitimately protect/register my beats.

http://www.protectmybeat.com/

Is it legit?


Apparently in Denmark there are no registry offices to send instrumental compositions/beats to for protection/egistry.

Talked to KODA which is like Scandinavians equivalence to ASCAP and they said that they only deal with publishing of compositions if you are to get paid for your works play but they do not prtotect or act as a registry for proof of ownership....

Am open for any more ideas....to those based in the Scandinavian area, let me know how ya´ll go about protecting your beats.

Apart from the poor-mans mail it it to yourself way.

 

[Relic]

Dude Ive never heard of such a thing by the Postal service here.
If your gonna deal with US agencies to protect your work just send it to the US copyright office, I dont know what the rules are for foriegners registering works, but Im willing to bet that it can be done..
I would go that route as opposed to this site you posted.

 

[Hi-Def]

go with the cheap mans copyright and put the song you want copyrighted onto a cd and put it in an envelope and mail it to yourself and when you receive the envelope again their should be a government stamp with the date.
at that point DO NOT OPEN THE ENVELOPE.
put it in a safe or somewhere safe.
it is not 100% but it is a lot better than nothing.

 

[Kontents]

go with the cheap mans copyright and put the song you want copyrighted onto a cd and put it in an envelope and mail it to yourself and when you receive the envelope again their should be a government stamp with the date.
at that point DO NOT OPEN THE ENVELOPE.
put it in a safe or somewhere safe.
it is not 100% but it is a lot better than nothing.

That Method doesnt work anymore. I thought it was a good idea too, but it doenst count anymore. You need Legal documents to have ownership as well as paying the fees.

 

[Agent Smith]

actually, publishing something counts as a legal copywrite. which means if you put a beat up on soundclick or somewhere that the public can hear it, it is automatically copywritten. although it isnt quite as strong in court as documents, it is something.

 

[Relic]

actually, publishing something counts as a legal copywrite. which means if you put a beat up on soundclick or somewhere that the public can hear it, it is automatically copywritten. although it isnt quite as strong in court as documents, it is something.

THAT is very interesting information! I didnt know that.

 

[2GooD Productions]

Any music is copyright the moment the work is completed, the post it to yourself method is what is used here in the UK. It doesnt prove copyright, but does go some way to show that your version was finished on or before the post date on the envelope. With no other method available to you I would highly recommend doing that, or even arranging for a lawyer to hold the copies for you. But lawyers can get expensive, but because of their connections they are highly recommended. We also have the PRS and MCPS here. They make sure you get paid royalties and also go a small way to protect some copyrights. I would recommend you sign up to KODA which sounds like the equivalent there. But only if you want to get your music(unsampled) into tv & film or on the radio, that will assure you get your royalties.

 

[7thangel]

if your country is part of the berne convention your work is protected as long as you follow your countries guidelines (same with the other convention). in a fixed form, original, etc.

u.s and canada are in the minority of countries that require registering your copyright in order to legally charge or defend in infringement in court (i have since found some info from a well respected ent lawyer that would further confuse the issue so i won't mention it). canada doesn't ask for the actual music whereas the u.s. does.

if your country doesn't require registration keep all records, correspondence, emails, etc. those private company solutions are iffy depending on the country.

advise from most ent. lawyers: if you have the money, register your copyright work to the u.s. copyright office.
reason: it keeps a hardcopy of your work, simplifies things if there's an infringement, and the u.s. position in the world, ent-wise and legally. there's also financial advantages if a case is won.

poor mans copyright isn't a solution in n.a. and can be faked. no one has found a case where it has worked but then again, infringement cases involving music are rare in respect to how much music is made (apparently so is literary infringement).

 

[dj360_iNfInItE1]

Yeah, I used to do the whole "mail it to yourself" technique. I am going to just copyright through DC and not have to worry about any bullshit that may come my way. It's not expensive. I found that if you send in a cd full of beats, it's pretty cost effective instead of doing it track by track. I do have a question though, is it possible to send in a cd packed full of MP3s instead of an audio cd?

 

[7thangel]

online beta version allows you to. don't know if you can still qualify for the beta. it costs $35 for registering online with more options

 

[dj360_iNfInItE1]

online beta version allows you to. don't know if you can still qualify for the beta. it costs $35 for registering online with more options

What?????