[Fmpro] the copyrighting process

[Les Hurdle]

Always the issue.

Who is to own the copyright of your music?

Les

--- JJB <onephatcat at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I'm wondering what the best approach to copyrighting
> a score is - if  
> one is scoring something to be aired immediately,
> how does one get it  
> both registered with ASCAP and also the copyright
> office since the  
> process of writing for film is dynamic, and what
> winds up in the film  
> or TV show may be an edited version of what was
> submitted to the  
> producer. Do you register the copyright when the
> whole project is  
> completed or do you register every time you hit save
> in your  
> sequencer and ship off a cd to the filmmaker. What
> if it is an  
> ongoing tv series? How do you get things squared
> away legally when  
> they are always changing?
> 
> 
> Joel
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