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I think people also used to lodge things with solicitors etc but the above seems to be the common and cheapest way.
I think you have to write what's being sent on the form, don't you?
I've got s few songs I've written on Youtube, Apple Music, Spotify etc and about to load a whole album on at the end of October. I haven't copyrighted any of it but then to be honest I was never fussed about making money from it. I just enjoy the process of making music.
In theory.
Then there's proof of my upload date and it's at far lower risk of being randomly deleted by Youtube.
https://speakerimpedance.co.uk/?act=two_parallel&page=calculator
What do you mean about Youtube randomly deleting videos - does that happen?
Even with an upload date or an old fashioned "post it to yourself" idea, you still have to deal with any argument as to whether your mate played you "his" new song he week before you posted it to yourself and you just happened to get it recorded faster.
And let's be honest - unless a song makes proper money nobody bothers. No point in suing to prove ownership of your song if someone else has only made £500 on it.
https://speakerimpedance.co.uk/?act=two_parallel&page=calculator
I know it was a joke, but 50% is still a large chunk of anything you earn.
The other half of it used to come from physical sales, but they don't exist any more, to any extent, and that portion comes direct from streaming services these days.
Would you rather own a small share of either half of the pie, or the whole pie.
As a side benefit, the tune is copywritten to yourself.
As an independent musician, this is only really going to become an issue if somebody demonstrably copies your work and then earns significant enough income from it to be worth your while to pursue. At that point you would have to decide if it's worth mounting a legal challenge, and look at what proof you can supply that you created the original work and how you can demonstrate their work is derivative. In all but the most clear-cut cases, it's complex and potentially subjective because there's only so many ways you can throw the same handful of notes together.
It works.