Copyrighting your material (song)

Tiddly Winks · 08-10-2006, 06:10 PM

I'm pretty new to the whole recording music thing so I'm not sure what my first move is. I do know that I wrote a pretty good riff to a song and I played it for a couple of shtheads at a party. Next thing I know I hear that one of those shtheads has basically ripped my riff off and has added his own stuff to it and is calling it his own. In the future if I write a piece of music does anybody know how to go about copyrighting it so some shthead doesn't steal it before you have a chance to record it? Do I need to go to a lawyer to have the thing copywritten?

Dizz-E · 08-10-2006, 07:20 PM

Don't play your sh*t for people you don't trust..I mean, why were you playin your sh*t around someone who would possibly steal it??

08-10-2006, 06:10 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tiddly Winks Groupie Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1	Copyrighting your material I'm pretty new to the whole recording music thing so I'm not sure what my first move is. I do know that I wrote a pretty good riff to a song and I played it for a couple of shtheads at a party. Next thing I know I hear that one of those shtheads has basically ripped my riff off and has added his own stuff to it and is calling it his own. In the future if I write a piece of music does anybody know how to go about copyrighting it so some shthead doesn't steal it before you have a chance to record it? Do I need to go to a lawyer to have the thing copywritten? __________________ "I really like your car Mrs. Larusso!" - Tommy 1984 "You know you ain't a bad lookin man, Mr. Garrison. Not bad lookin at all."

08-10-2006, 07:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dizz-E Music Addict Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Phoenix Posts: 44	Don't play your sht for people you don't trust..I mean, why were you playin your sht around someone who would possibly steal it??