How does one copyright their entire catalog?
For the first time in my life I organized all of my songs by name in a spreadsheet. There are 110 although there are many more if I bring in the recordings. What is the most inexpensive way of copyrighting the entire catalog?
I saw the Unpublished works option on copyright.gov and that covers 10 songs at a time.
Any guidance is welcome.
Francois
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pay the money , but your wasting your time , no one is interested in stealing your songs
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Elvis, as soon as I record a song even on my phone, or if I write the lyrics and chord changes a Word Doc, there's a date/time stamp on it. If push came to shove wouldn't that be enough to prove who wrote it?
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Yes, Every once in awhile some of the big dogs go to court on this song was stolen on my melody , it's all $$$. The average guy dosen't have to worry about that
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I think you can publish them as an album and copyright that album with up to 20 songs on it.
Group Registration of Works on an Album of Music (GRAM) (FAQ) | U.S. Copyright Office
There seem to be various options. I've never used any of them, as I have never registered the copyright of my music. I have done it for novels, and the process was relatively easy once you got the hang of it 🙂
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