Grinder20132014

Thanks John. I appreciate all the answers here and I got alot of helpfull information here. There are still questions of the US copyright (Library of congress) which after reading more, now confuse me. Reading more on this forum and other forums gets me with more diverse answers. For the benefit of myself, and I believe others, I will write them down and hope a laywer in this forum would be kind to help answering them and remove any doubts: Can it be clearified if works (music, text,...) with no connection to each other of the same author can be registered all together for the cost of 1 form filling (35$ right now) ? Practically, what does it mean a collection and why do I need to know about it ? My work was published on Soundcloud, only about 200 people have heard it and there was only 1 download. I wish to register it. Is it considered published or unpublished work ? A work is published on the internet (like www.SoundCloud.com) of a foreign autor from a PC located outside of USA. does US court regards it as a published or unpublished work ? Suppose I have published a work a year ago. Can I register it on a form of unpublished work ? what is the benefit of registering my work on a published work filling form ? After I fill the registration I cannot delete any data, so I must be sure-how can I register in a way that my personal details (address, phone number) won't be available to the public, but will be available only to the US Copywrite office? Can you please show the forms and mark the places in the forms where any details I fill will be private and available only to the library of congress ? Can Common creative license of a work be changed to "all rights reserved" after it was published ?

Hi again, I have just found a british website which registers ones work, which is called "copyright house" at decent prices with the benefit to update and continue registering future works with a fixed membership fee. I think it is supposed to be a private company. Does any one have any experience with this company ? Are there any benefits to registering at the US library of congress (U.S. Copyright Office) rather then a private company ?

You cleared it up for me. Thank you very much.

Thank you for your answer, I better understand it now. More questions came up to me: 4. I have various audio and text creations which are not related (i.e, there is no album that gather these creations). Can they all be registered together in order to save fee costs (currently it is 35$ online) ? 5. Does registering means it will also protects the titles of my creation ?

Hi, I am a new music artist who creates my own materials and wishes to register in the US Copywrite office music and text pieces I created. My purpose is to prove that I am the creator of the pieces and would like to sell my creations worldwide in the future. I would be thankful for anyone answering some questions I have regarding it: 1. Is the US Copywrite office a good way to register my pieces or there is a better way to do it ? 2. In the US Copywrite office site at this link there is information which I understand as a warning to new creators about solicitors who deliberately ask for data of recently registered creators and try to find resemblance to registered pieces and sue them. I would like to know if this is actually happening? I ask this because I believe every artist is influenced and inspired in some way by (but not just) what he sees, reads, hear and generally exposed to. I can never know if a part of my creation has resemblance to some other creation if I am not familiar with it and since there are millions of music pieces, there are chances that some part of unrelated creation may have resemblance to another. After seeing this information, it feels to me as if some companies with bad intentions are waiting to new creator at the corner of the alley to try and sue them for any resemblance that may be present, and it is not pleasant to feel that way. It makes me think maybe registering in the US office can be a bad experience. But it can also be that I interpreted what was written wrongly, thus I would appreciate your answers. 3. In the US Copywrite office site at this link It says my personal details will be available to the public. How can I register in a way that my personal details (address, phone number) won't be available to the public, but will be available only to the US Copywrite office? Thanks, Grinder