In reality, there is still a lot of situations and complex scenarios that could confuse songwriters even more. To know how to publish a song is to start defining technically these terms. The best definition that would be easiest to understand is below:. Supposing you just written a song today; then you want to publish it. The answer is no.
It is because copyright is simply putting your song ideas in tangible forms such as on a paper and recorded on a cassette tapes. This is an evidence of ownership and creation. You are not publishing anything to the public. The act of submitting your work to copyright office is just a registration of your copyrighted work which will be used as evidence of copyright ownership that is recognized by the state copyright laws.
Registration is not the same as publishing your song. It is because it is not yet released and distributed for public use. It is why if you register your work to the copyright office, one of the fields in the copyright form would ask you if the work is published or unpublished. A public performance or display of a work does not of itself constitute publication.
How do I put a copyright notice on my work? While use of a copyright notice was once required as a condition of copyright protection, it is now optional.
Use of the notice is the responsibility of the copyright owner and does not require advance permission from, or registration with, the Copyright Office. See Circular 3 , Copyright Notice, for requirements for works published before March 1, , and for more information on the form and position of the copyright notice. What is copyright infringement? As a general matter, copyright infringement occurs when a copyrighted work is reproduced, distributed, performed, publicly displayed, or made into a derivative work without the permission of the copyright owner.
What is peer-to-peer P2P networking? A type of network where computers communicate directly with each other, rather than through a central server. A "network" is a group of two or more computer systems linked together by various methods.
In recent usage, peer-to-peer has come to describe applications in which users can use the Internet to exchange files with each other directly or through a mediating server. Where is the public domain?
The public domain is not a place. Works in the public domain may be used freely without the permission of the former copyright owner. The offering to distribute copies or phonorecords to a group of persons for purposes of further distribution, public performance, or public display constitutes publication.
A public performance or display of a work does not itself constitute publication. Publication under the first part of the definition is rather straightforward.
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