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cobell
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Joined: Sep 10, 2005
Location: England
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| Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 3:51 am |
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 I play Acoustic Guitar (finger picking style). While messing around in a DADGAD Tuning a tune almost wrote it self!, it is in a kind of Bluegrass style with alternating base but with a Folksy claw hammer pick, it has a pleasant catchy and infectious lick, (my wife and few family members I have played it to claim they can now not get it out of their heads!) Problem is, how do I find out if I have accidentally written someone else’s tune? (Although no one seems to have heard it before) and what is the best way to copy write protect it? I don't have any wish or aspirations of fame and fortune with it, I just want to be able to play it and claim it as mine. All advice would be welcome. Thank you. |
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sixtysecondminute
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Joined: May 27, 2005
Location: Solihull, UK
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| Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:14 am |
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All I can think of is looking into the genre with which you think it fits best for anything similar.
I wouldn't worry about copywriting it. It's not like you're going to be selling it... |
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rechat
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Joined: Feb 06, 2004
Location: California
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| Posted: Sat Sep 10, 2005 5:51 pm |
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I don't know how things work in England, but here in the US, all you need to do to have a copyright, is to have it recorded somewhere. The problem is that has no legal substance. For it to, you have to register the copyright with the copyright office. It's actually quite easy. Download a form, fill it out, send it in along with $35(that was the fee last time I did it, not sure if it has gone up by now or not), and wait the 3-6 months it takes for them to get back to you.
Like I said, don't know how things work in England, but you can probably find out pretty simply. Just google for UK Copyright and look for a .gov address. Hope this helps somehow. |
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ImL
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Joined: Jun 25, 2004
Location: New Zealand
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| Posted: Sun Sep 11, 2005 8:11 am |
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Sounds like you just enjoy playing it, so enjoy it.
I was under the impression tho, so long as it's written by you, or you think it was, you have no probs. Music and all things artistic , once completed, have an automatic copyright.
I had a similar feeling sometime back when a song just wrote it self more or less and I had this horrible thought in the back of my head that, subconsciously, I was copying another. Anyway, turned out I wasn't and all is well.
Play it to your friends, family and even upload to sites like this to see if people recognise it. If not, all the best.
That's what music's all about.
good luck
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smili
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Joined: Sep 11, 2004
Location: Nashville TN
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| Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2005 2:45 pm |
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I've mistakenly copied tunes - or parts of them. sometimes you don't even know that you've done it. somebody mentioned to me that the outro last part of "Count the Ways" is like a Garth Brooks tune (the one he used for the Dr. Pepper commercial) - and it very easily could have been an influence on the tune. Due to the pervasiveness of music I think there's alot of accidental infringement, - alot of folks don't know they';re doing it. |
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brandondrury
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Joined: Oct 05, 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 04, 2005 11:04 pm |
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