Hey guys! I made a part two that goes over some updates TLOC made to their requirements as well as answers some more questions you guys had for me below! ♥️ ruclips.net/video/voOLw9Dh7mU/видео.html
@@cocoromeydawwww stop it you flatter me 🙈🙈❤️ I totally wanna do some videos on making your MVs though I’d love to see some more original music videos and songs up on RUclips!
@BeatHealsoh wow not sure! I think you could give it the old quick google haha otherwise there’s also sites that You can ask a lawyer for free and then they write you back
This was the best and easiest step by step video on how to copyright, I followed the steps and submitted my first 2 songs following along to this video. Thank you Haley!
I followed your video to copyright 10 songs. I was sent an email from the copywriting office. They only registered one song in the group. The right tab to copyright 10 works is "Group of Unpublished Work" Make sure you are going to the correct tab or you will lose time and money. This video works for one song.
Check this out copyright.gov/circs/circ34.pdf It basically describes what you need to do to get them to consider copyrighting all the songs in your "published group of works". It is at their discretion. A full published album would probably be approved. Check out that document for info on copyrighting group published works. However as I said, doing group unpublished is highly recommended if your stuff isn't already published.
This is a very solid step-by-step. We've seen many others that go into unnecessary details and waste a bunch of time. Straight to the point and easy to follow. Thanks for keeping it relevant!
No prob! I actually have to make an updated video cause this ones pretty old and they’ve made some changes with prices etc! If you’re the songwriter and producer you should still be able to use these steps! However if you’re only the songwriter, they let me know that you should register it as a work of performing art registered as musical compositions! ❤️ for me I never noticed a difference cause I usually write and record myself! 😊
Thank You , Thank You, Thank You. I have researched my butt off trying to figure out how to copy right my brother songs he's written and couldn't get it figured out till I watched your video. Now I got it. So again Thank You. Subscribed & Liked PS : Now do you have a video on how to make videos like your doing ???????? Thanks Terry :)
Hey Terry! No problem I'm happy I could help, that's so awesome! I'd love to make a video on filming videos haha, what do you want exactly though like talking videos or music videos & covers?
@@HaleyGraves My Brother writes & sings music and I'm helping him. I think your video was the best of anybody I tried to find and I think it would be great for you to make videos of any kind the way you make it so simple. Thanks Again and today is my Birthday. Ha :)
Aw!! Happy belated! Sorry it’s been awhile lol hope you had a good birthday and thanks for the encouragement 🥰😊 I’ll be posting more advice videos on whatever I can help with!
That helps a lot .. i hope u can make one explaining the difference between copyrighting 1 song and copywriting a few songs ..thanks for your info God Bless You.
I have a few songs that I know can go big, I’ve already had a big name record label after me which is weird because I don’t think I’m that good but I write really good songs that tells stories, I’m torn on even wanting to do something with it because I’m happy just playing my guitars and singing at home, I’m not interested in really doing the whole fame thing, the life of fame doesn’t seem fun to me, I appreciate you sharing this information, i can do this and share my new songs that have never been heard by anyone other than family and not have to worry about it anymore 😎
Thanks! I’ve got to make some major updates just cause this video is so old, I’m thinking of doing another updated walkthrough with all the new pricing and info I have ☺️
Hayley I have a question. I wrote a song using a beat I bought the Unlimited rights to. I did not create the beat, and at the same time, I bought the Unlimited beat to the beat and have a signed contract stating so from the producer of the beat. My question is should I only copyright the my lyrics and my melody, or can I do the sound recording and the lyrics and music altogether, and if so, do I have to include the name of the producer of the beat? and where and how?
Of course the official video on YT from the copyright office doesn't tell you how to find the online form to fill out and all comments have been disabled, so, thank you for this video!
Very good contribution but are other alternatives .... including coding in musical works (in Wav)+. Of course the sheet music must be present.Read All Prices at US Copyright Office's on-line Public Catalog.Calculate over 100 songs.All the best.
Great video, my question is, If you already copyrighted your lyrics prior to making your sound, do you still add your lyrics or do you only have to upload your sound?
Thank you for making this very helpful video Haley! I just went through the “procedure” to get my song copyrighted. The price is up to $65 now! (as of 11-15-21)
Yes! I made note of this on my new video and also posted the prices for registering a group of works on that part 2 ☺️😊👍 Hopefully people will see your comment here so they don’t miss that also lol! Thanks!
Interesting Fact: When you create music, art, photographs, and other creative works, Congress grants you and others an immediate and automatic copyright. US copyright law has foundation in the US Constitution: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8. The next step is to *“REGISTER”* (rather than “copyright”) your automatic copyright claims with the US Copyright Office (USCO) to help prove your creation and corresponding copyright ownership claim and to have legal standing (the right to pursue copyright infringers in federal court). The USCO, among its many statutory and regulatory duties, is an office of recordation and registration. The USCO does NOT grant copyrights per se, but rather, it issues “Certificates of Registration” to authors, musicians/songwriters, and other creatives. It’s a federal judge who will determine the copyrightability of a creative work and not the USCO.
6:50 - When filling out the “Rights & Permission Information (Optional)” section, you should *NOT* include your phone number, as it will be published in the US Copyright Office’s on-line Public Catalog. Including your website URL is the best plan. Including your email address is OK, but it’ll be listed in the Public Catalog that can be harvested by spammers. On the other hand, it's fine to include your phone number in the Copyright Office's "Correspondent" section, as that will be kept private.
for anyone reading this, do NOT do a standard application for more than one song, they will keep your money and only register the first song on the list lol
EXCELLENT video - so helpful and clear. If I want to copyright 11 songs together - can I load up separate MP3s for each song (which is how I have them) or do I have to combine them into one MP3?
92ninersboy thank you! I’m glad it helped ☺️😁 if I remember correctly you should be able to upload separate MP3s but if you have any problem with that just comment again and I’ll check it out 👍
How "professional" does the song have to be in the recording, or is the MP3 format what is the most critical? I write songs, but definately not a vocalist! :)
It wasn't clear to me how to go about adding multiple songs in the same submission. Where do I do that (I have a bunch of songs I am about to record and I want to copyright them)? Your step-by-step was very helpful and I think I took good notes.
Back in 2019, I copyrighted a PDF format of a book. I also uploaded a PDF copy to them. How do I download that copy because I lost the original from my computer?
Hi Haley, I have a question about the process for recording my song, including both the audio and its title. Should I select 'Sound Recording' when importing the audio? Additionally, if I enlist someone to mix the song and eventually find them, how can I ensure the protection of my rights to the song?
What about LYRICS? I didn’t see where those are included. Are lyrics automatic since they are sung in the recording? You used to have to type in every single word. I’d feel better that way. Some people’s songs are hard to understand the words.
Hey 👋 Thank you so much for this easy to understand video. I appreciate it. Nice video editing too I loved the eagle screech haha I had a question I hope you answer tho. How professional does the recording you want to copyright be ? Does it need to be studio grade and mixed, or can I use something made at band practice with a recorder ? I'm only asking because we are a new band, and we love to play out. Recently a lot of people have been saying they love our original songs and suggested we get them protected. We didn't really think about that being and issue, but now we're a bit fearful that maybe someone who has heard us play live, might take our music and claim it as their own. We want to prevent that from happening as soon as we can. We don't really have a studio to record at, nor the money to get it done professionally, but we do have a zoom recorder. It dosnt sound professional, but everything is heard clear enough. Anyway, thanks for this vid. Im gonna sub Stay safe out there ✌️† 🎶🎸🤘
Hey don’t stress to much! The most important thing is you’re getting your art out there and having a good time! I have another video that I think answers most of these questions on my channel but in short no it doesn’t have to be super professional just any mp3 recording that’s clear and the song is recognizable. Then also, what I’ve learned recently from the copyright office is if you’re planning on producing the song yourselves (and not just being the songwriters) then you can still use this method of registering BUT if you are planning on having someone else produce it and you guys are just going to be the songwriters then you should register it as a work of performing art since it’s a musical composition ❤️🙏
This video was extremely helpful!! So when you do the copyright application for your song can you go ahead and release the song same day or same week or do you have to give it time or wait?? I’m really new to all this music copyrights and stuff. Also what other legal things should I take care of before releasing a song or album (copyright, registering song)?? I have no idea what I’m doing so anything helps!!
Aw no prob! To be honest I learned this from my dad that produces and writes music so I wanted to give people that same help lol! So I think legally just copywriting the song would be enough but I’ve been emailing with copyright.gov and they let me know that this method in the video is fine if your the writer and producer but if you are solely the songwriter and not producing it then you should register it as a work of performing art since it’s a musical composition. I’m planning on doing an updated video since I didn’t know the difference before! ❤️❤️❤️
Do you have to wait until a song is completely mastered before uploading it for submission? I have 5 songs and want to do them all at once but one isn’t totally done. However, I want to start releasing my other ones asap. Thanks!
Hey guys! I made a part two that goes over some updates TLOC made to their requirements as well as answers some more questions you guys had for me below! ♥️ ruclips.net/video/voOLw9Dh7mU/видео.html
Can you make a video on how you do such a butt kicking great job on making your music videos!!?? ❤️❤️❤️🙌🏾
@@cocoromeydawwww stop it you flatter me 🙈🙈❤️ I totally wanna do some videos on making your MVs though I’d love to see some more original music videos and songs up on RUclips!
@BeatHealsoh wow not sure! I think you could give it the old quick google haha otherwise there’s also sites that
You can ask a lawyer for free and then they write you back
I just submitted 3 songs at once .. but my cart only has 1 song listed .. I'm confused .. hopefully it works out.
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This was the best and easiest step by step video on how to copyright, I followed the steps and submitted my first 2 songs following along to this video. Thank you Haley!
people like you actually RULE the world. step by step truth by truth, thanks for helping the people and so accurately, keep up the good work
Thank you so much for the kind comment! ☺️🙏🙏
I followed your video to copyright 10 songs. I was sent an email from the copywriting office. They only registered one song in the group. The right tab to copyright 10 works is "Group of Unpublished Work" Make sure you are going to the correct tab or you will lose time and money. This video works for one song.
Check this out
copyright.gov/circs/circ34.pdf
It basically describes what you need to do to get them to consider copyrighting all the songs in your "published group of works". It is at their discretion. A full published album would probably be approved. Check out that document for info on copyrighting group published works. However as I said, doing group unpublished is highly recommended if your stuff isn't already published.
Thanks Haley. You made this process seem so simple in a fun way
Great job, Haley! My son just wrote his first song, and I'm encouraging him to copyright it. Your video will help him to do that, Mahalo!
That’s awesome! I’m so glad to hear he’s pursuing his art I hope he never gives up and has fun with it! ☺️❤️
Your instructions on how to copyright is the best on RUclips
🥺🥺 thank you ♥️
Im posting a part 2 this week!
This is a very solid step-by-step.
We've seen many others that go into unnecessary details and waste a bunch of time.
Straight to the point and easy to follow. Thanks for keeping it relevant!
Aw thanks! I’m glad it was easier to follow than most! Appreciate you watching the vid 🙏
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Thank you Haley sooo much. You helped me a lot with this one. Thanks for also showing the PDF document of how to do the uploading the file process 😃👍
Evon JR Brockett yeah no problem! 😊 happy I could help 👍✨
Thanks for the detail - going through the process!
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
That's a lot easier than i thought it was gonna be.
Thanks for the tutorial.
No prob! I actually have to make an updated video cause this ones pretty old and they’ve made some changes with prices etc! If you’re the songwriter and producer you should still be able to use these steps! However if you’re only the songwriter, they let me know that you should register it as a work of performing art registered as musical compositions! ❤️ for me I never noticed a difference cause I usually write and record myself! 😊
I useded your RUclips on copyright. I followed it step by step. Great job!
Yay! Happy I could help 😁
Thanks bud! Very helpful. Just moved to FL, been sitting on a good amount of instrumentals since I left Alaska. This vid is helping me share them! 🙏
That’s so awesome! What a difference in climates also lol! Hope you’re liking Fl so far 😊
Thank You , Thank You, Thank You. I have researched my butt off trying to figure out how to copy right my brother songs he's written and couldn't get it figured out till I watched your video. Now I got it. So again Thank You. Subscribed & Liked PS : Now do you have a video on how to make videos like your doing ???????? Thanks Terry :)
Hey Terry! No problem I'm happy I could help, that's so awesome! I'd love to make a video on filming videos haha, what do you want exactly though like talking videos or music videos & covers?
@@HaleyGraves My Brother writes & sings music and I'm helping him. I think your video was the best of anybody I tried to find and I think it would be great for you to make videos of any kind the way you make it so simple. Thanks Again and today is my Birthday. Ha :)
Aw!! Happy belated! Sorry it’s been awhile lol hope you had a good birthday and thanks for the encouragement 🥰😊 I’ll be posting more advice videos on whatever I can help with!
Thanks! Quick, easy, simple.
Thank you Haley. You made this very clear and I appreciate it.
Thank you you answered my question
I truly appreciate you for this video. Thank u so much for going right into it...
No problem! Thanks for commenting and checking it out 🙏😊
this video has definitely become a great reference for me when I copyright my music .. Thank You Haley.
Thank you Haley this was very helpful
Thank you for sharing this video!! Its very helpful for me!1
Great presentation all the way around!
This was very helpful!! Thank you.
That helps a lot .. i hope u can make one explaining the difference between copyrighting 1 song and copywriting a few songs ..thanks for your info God Bless You.
sector 5 mas musica you’re welcome! I’m happy it helps ☺️ I look into make a another more specific video on that! Thanks for the suggestion 🙏
The official app forms at the L of C's online copyright site aren't pulling up. Specifically GRAM.
Very informative and concise.
🙏🙏😊
You have a great voice & charismatic as well! Thank you for the excellent information and i will put it to excellent work. 👍😎
aww thank you! thanks for watching!
I have a few songs that I know can go big, I’ve already had a big name record label after me which is weird because I don’t think I’m that good but I write really good songs that tells stories, I’m torn on even wanting to do something with it because I’m happy just playing my guitars and singing at home, I’m not interested in really doing the whole fame thing, the life of fame doesn’t seem fun to me, I appreciate you sharing this information, i can do this and share my new songs that have never been heard by anyone other than family and not have to worry about it anymore 😎
Those are beautiful beautiful vocals 🎙️🎶🎶🎶🎶👂😊
Thanks Haley that was helpful. GPJr
Thank you so much @Haley Graves for this video! I just submitted for a song lyric copyright!
Yay!! I’m so excited for you I hope you have fun! ❤❤🎉
🔥💯This Video is very useful if your an upcoming musician 😀
Thanks! I’ve got to make some major updates just cause this video is so old, I’m thinking of doing another updated walkthrough with all the new pricing and info I have ☺️
@@HaleyGraves yes please!! And one with how you make your music videos so good! 😩😊😊😊❤️
@@cocoromey oh my gosh thank you 🙈🙈❤️ I’ll for sure make a video on each of the ways I’ve done the MVs! ❤️
@@HaleyGraves thank you, thank you 😊 ❤️🤟🏾 your truly an inspiration and I’m happy to connect with you! May you have blessings on blessings! 💪🏾❤️😊
websites formatted like this stress me out for no reason
thanks so much for your help :)
This was super helpful. Thank you!
You're so welcome! 😊
Thanks Haley! That was fun and easy thanks to you.
Aw that’s awesome! ☺️🙌🙌
Thank you so much you're a big help I just copyrighted my song following your video.
Bakeemdel that’s awesome! Let me know when it’s out to listen to. Would love to check it out 😁👍
@@HaleyGraves for sure I will 😎
@@HaleyGraves excuse for the late response here's my song. I hope you like it have a great day 😎
ruclips.net/video/gxXKb9L2mqM/видео.html
Awesome... thanks for this. 😍
This was so helpful!
Thanks! I’m glad it helped!! ☺️💕
well done and very helpful
THANK YOU! :)
Great video
Thank you sooooo much
Very helpful! Good information! Thank you for taking the time to do this for musicians. By the way - the cost has now gone up from $55 to $65.
Thank you! No problem, I’m happy to help 🥰♥️
I just paid $85
@Dave Leahy it keeps increasing and it also depends on which application you did
Thank you for this information!!
Hayley I have a question. I wrote a song using a beat I bought the Unlimited rights to.
I did not create the beat, and at the same time, I bought the Unlimited beat to the beat and have a signed contract stating so from the producer of the beat.
My question is should I only copyright the my lyrics and my melody, or can I do the sound recording and the lyrics and music altogether,
and if so, do I have to include the name of the producer of the beat? and where and how?
Thank you Haley for making it fun it copyright my songs.
Aw yay! Haha glad I could help!
Of course the official video on YT from the copyright office doesn't tell you how to find the online form to fill out and all comments have been disabled, so, thank you for this video!
Thanks for this super helpful video! What are your thoughts on BMI?
Very good contribution but are other alternatives .... including coding in musical works (in Wav)+. Of course the sheet music must be present.Read All Prices at US Copyright Office's on-line Public Catalog.Calculate over 100 songs.All the best.
Thanks Haley!
Dope im in clearwater fl too 💯and i only have a P.O. box lol no address😂
Great voice you know how to make noise 🫡
Great video, my question is, If you already copyrighted your lyrics prior to making your sound, do you still add your lyrics or do you only have to upload your sound?
thank you haley
Thanks
Thanks Haley 💯🌿👍🏾❤️
You’re welcome!
Ok thanks u very much 🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼👈🔥🙏🎵👍
Thank you for making this very helpful video Haley! I just went through the “procedure” to get my song copyrighted. The price is up to $65 now! (as of 11-15-21)
Yes! I made note of this on my new video and also posted the prices for registering a group of works on that part 2 ☺️😊👍 Hopefully people will see your comment here so they don’t miss that also lol! Thanks!
Tnx more power to you….:)
Thanks this video was very helpful
You’re welcome! 😊
@Haley Graves Thanks for this video
thanks very helpful
No prob! Thanks for watching!
Thank you
No prob!
Interesting Fact: When you create music, art, photographs, and other creative works, Congress grants you and others an immediate and automatic copyright. US copyright law has foundation in the US Constitution: Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8.
The next step is to *“REGISTER”* (rather than “copyright”) your automatic copyright claims with the US Copyright Office (USCO) to help prove your creation and corresponding copyright ownership claim and to have legal standing (the right to pursue copyright infringers in federal court).
The USCO, among its many statutory and regulatory duties, is an office of recordation and registration. The USCO does NOT grant copyrights per se, but rather, it issues “Certificates of Registration” to authors, musicians/songwriters, and other creatives. It’s a federal judge who will determine the copyrightability of a creative work and not the USCO.
I like that synth, is it a logic sample? or midi instrument?
6:50 - When filling out the “Rights & Permission Information (Optional)” section, you should *NOT* include your phone number, as it will be published in the US Copyright Office’s on-line Public Catalog.
Including your website URL is the best plan. Including your email address is OK, but it’ll be listed in the Public Catalog that can be harvested by spammers. On the other hand, it's fine to include your phone number in the Copyright Office's "Correspondent" section, as that will be kept private.
cnlicnli cool! Thanks for the extra info 👍✨
Very helpful. Thank you. 🙏
Very welcome! Thanks for watching!
for anyone reading this, do NOT do a standard application for more than one song, they will keep your money and only register the first song on the list lol
What do you suggest for multiples?
@@SongChez8 GRUW application
@@darkjanggo thank you! another question when you have the time, I have just recording and lyrics, no sheet music. Where do you upload the lyrics?
A nice teacher.
@@darkjanggo is that groups of unpublished works?
Starts at 3:00
You did not upload the sound recording
Why mp3 not wav?
Thank you!
EXCELLENT video - so helpful and clear. If I want to copyright 11 songs together - can I load up separate MP3s for each song (which is how I have them) or do I have to combine them into one MP3?
92ninersboy thank you! I’m glad it helped ☺️😁 if I remember correctly you should be able to upload separate MP3s but if you have any problem with that just comment again and I’ll check it out 👍
@@HaleyGraves THANKS.
How "professional" does the song have to be in the recording, or is the MP3 format what is the most critical? I write songs, but definately not a vocalist! :)
I don’t think it needs to be that professional at all! Just make sure the melody is recognizable so the song can be shown as yours in the future 😊☺️
@@HaleyGraves Thanks for replying, very helpful and encouraging. Have a great day!
Thank You!!!!
Love it! Subbed.
Courtland Creative Thank you! ✨🙏
It wasn't clear to me how to go about adding multiple songs in the same submission. Where do I do that (I have a bunch of songs I am about to record and I want to copyright them)? Your step-by-step was very helpful and I think I took good notes.
Thanks so much for this! This process has been so dauting to me as an artist, but I truly appreciate you walking through us all.
Aw thanks girl! I’m really happy I could help ☺️🙏
Thank you for the video
I had chosen the handling thing rong and it was gonna charge me more than 800
Way to much thank u
You awesome
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Suppose you add verses or verse or just add to song after you copywrite 🤔
Thank you so much.
No problem! 😊
Good luck kido.
Can you do 5 eps in one session
Back in 2019, I copyrighted a PDF format of a book. I also uploaded a PDF copy to them. How do I download that copy because I lost the original from my computer?
How is it possible to copywrite a musical recording without uploading a mp3 file, lyrics, chord chart, ect...?
How does this work for producers? What do you put
Life saver thanks you 😘
No prob! 🥰
Thanks this copyright thing reads like stereo till I seen your vid
Nice
What if you've only done the lyrics and performed the song
Thank you, I have a question there is no problem by being a teenager?
hey diego! As far as I know there's no age requirement!
Hi Haley, I have a question about the process for recording my song, including both the audio and its title. Should I select 'Sound Recording' when importing the audio? Additionally, if I enlist someone to mix the song and eventually find them, how can I ensure the protection of my rights to the song?
Lyrics and audio, but no sheet music… what do you do, or do you print a beat sheet 😂?
What about LYRICS? I didn’t see where those are included. Are lyrics automatic since they are sung in the recording? You used to have to type in every single word. I’d feel better that way. Some people’s songs are hard to understand the words.
How would you copyright a song under a llc?
when do you use group of published works application? Is that 20 works
Hey 👋 Thank you so much for this easy to understand video. I appreciate it.
Nice video editing too
I loved the eagle screech haha
I had a question I hope you answer tho.
How professional does the recording you want to copyright be ?
Does it need to be studio grade and mixed, or can I use something made at band practice with a recorder ?
I'm only asking because we are a new band, and we love to play out.
Recently a lot of people have been saying they love our original songs and suggested we get them protected.
We didn't really think about that being and issue, but now we're a bit fearful that maybe someone who has heard us play live, might take our music and claim it as their own.
We want to prevent that from happening as soon as we can.
We don't really have a studio to record at, nor the money to get it done professionally, but we do have a zoom recorder.
It dosnt sound professional, but everything is heard clear enough.
Anyway, thanks for this vid. Im gonna sub
Stay safe out there
✌️† 🎶🎸🤘
Hey don’t stress to much! The most important thing is you’re getting your art out there and having a good time! I have another video that I think answers most of these questions on my channel but in short no it doesn’t have to be super professional just any mp3 recording that’s clear and the song is recognizable. Then also, what I’ve learned recently from the copyright office is if you’re planning on producing the song yourselves (and not just being the songwriters) then you can still use this method of registering BUT if you are planning on having someone else produce it and you guys are just going to be the songwriters then you should register it as a work of performing art since it’s a musical composition ❤️🙏
This video was extremely helpful!!
So when you do the copyright application for your song can you go ahead and release the song same day or same week or do you have to give it time or wait?? I’m really new to all this music copyrights and stuff. Also what other legal things should I take care of before releasing a song or album (copyright, registering song)?? I have no idea what I’m doing so anything helps!!
Aw no prob! To be honest I learned this from my dad that produces and writes music so I wanted to give people that same help lol! So I think legally just copywriting the song would be enough but I’ve been emailing with copyright.gov and they let me know that this method in the video is fine if your the writer and producer but if you are solely the songwriter and not producing it then you should register it as a work of performing art since it’s a musical composition. I’m planning on doing an updated video since I didn’t know the difference before! ❤️❤️❤️
Do you have to wait until a song is completely mastered before uploading it for submission? I have 5 songs and want to do them all at once but one isn’t totally done. However, I want to start releasing my other ones asap. Thanks!
Thank You!!!!!!
No problem!! ☺️