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How Does A Song Get Copyrighted?

There are many ways to copyright a song. But one of the most productive ways is to first write all your lyrics on a sheet of paper, or on sheet music, or to put all your lyrics and music onto a flash drive, or CD. The reason you sh ould start out by doing this is because no one can copyright a song that is still in your head. Also because when you have it written down in your own words no one can steel it from you. The second step to copyrighting a song is you need to register with the U.S. Copyright Office so that you can collect damages if your work is copied. The third step is to go to the U.S. Copyright Office PA form to register a song, that way you can register published and unpublished sound recordings. The fourth step to getting a song copyrighted is not all that fun, because after you have everything said and done you need to pay a fee of $45 to completely finish it up. The fifth and final step to copyrighting a song toput the wonderful copyright notice at the end of your work.