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Topic History of: Copyright...help
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Big End	I really don't think I can explain this any clearer, but here it is by numbers: 1. Put CD in envelope. 2. Get the post office to stamp and date mark the envelope. 3. Mail it to yourself. 4. Keep in safe place. 5. Register the song with PRS. 6. Rip off merchant blags your tune...usually a producer and/or co-writer. 7. Do not open envelope unless you are with your solicitor. 8. File! 9. Case settled out of court. 10. What part of the above do you not understand? I really would be happy to explain further if you like.
JK2006	Don't knock those chords - I've written most of them myself (including "Silver Cannon" - Pachelbel's out of time!).
Mart	Scenario, Court One.. "So Mr Pachelbel, are you saying that the music contained in the bank vault , envelope and registered with PRS contains exactly the same chord sequence as "Let it Be", "Don`t Look Back In Anger" the Hamlet advert(!)"Stand By Me" and many other million selling classics?"
K	Big End wrote: Ah, never been used in Court? Perhaps some evidence of ownership makes sure things get settled quickly? In any event, join the PRS.Are you suggesting that due to it being in a date stamped sealed envelope that this has stopped the case going to court? If so, this either means that the other party believed that what was in the sealed envelope was a recording of the song or that the owner willingly opened the envelope and played the material without witnesses. Pretty dumb move don't you think? A move that would surely result in the other party saying, "OK, now we've done away with your evidence we'll see you in court".
Michael	A little technical detail that is of some significance: even registering it with the PRS is not proof that you wrote it, only proof that you registered it. Other people might still have a perfectly valid claim that they wrote or co-wrote it, such as former band members with demos from years ago, etc. But still, I always register the stuff with my rights body anyway.