Page 54 - ION Indie Magazine JULYAUG 2024
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Top Tier Creators
Signed Artists to the BIG 3 labels have at their disposal deep
pockets, and incredibly influential Legal representation, which
is a huge deterrent for creators to take on the totality of an
infringement, simply because they don’t have the resources
necessary to go the distance in a 3-to-10-year battle in court.
Copyright subsists the moment a song is created and affixed to
a medium such as file, a CD, etc, however: if another artist
registers someone else’s song without their knowledge and
releases the track, its very challenging to then prove that the
artist who did not register their ownership of the song(s) is
actually the original creator.
What the D.I.Y. creators can do to curb this from happening is
spend the $65.00 USD at the Library of Congress and add a
copyright to the Musical work underlying composition along
with any lyrics created by a songwriter or composer and
obtaining Copyright on the SR (sound recording) and the
written elements that make up the track.
Be aware that artists can also create new SR sound recordings
that comply with variance by having a track plus or minus 14
seconds, along with making an acoustical version, multiple
languages versions, extended re-mix versions, music only
versions etc. To give scope some recorded songs have over
10,000 registrations of their songs and the variances that they
add to a track. The artist can also register the written body of
work as their own and add copyright to their video creation.
Make certain to do this after you have obtained your ISRC code
from ISRC.com.
