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quiksilver

Joined: 14/10/07
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Location: Canterbury
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Music copyright
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 9:48 pm
Hi,
Does anyone have or know where I can find any information on copyrighting original music in NZ. I've looked everywhere!
Thanks
 

Kraven
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RE: Music copyright
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:03 pm
www.rianz.org.nz
www.ppnz.co.nz
www.apra.co.nz

www.yellowpages.co.nz - look under Lawyers, if you want to get really serious.
 

Sailor

Joined: 19/09/05
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RE: Music copyright
Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 10:53 pm
write your lyrics out, sign em, date em andp ut them in a sealed envolope and send them to yourself, get the post mark stamp, dont open, vuwella
 

simone_ishtar

Joined: 07/09/04
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RE: Music copyright
Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 8:02 pm
as long as you've got the original drafts with the date on em and a © symbol you're basically copyrighted, draft being anything + everything from paper to tapes to digital media...

It can definitely pay to do that at least, I've had to produce evidence of having written a song in the past when a dickhead ex band member tried to claim ownership of something not theirs. I did, as it turned out have the lyrics scrawled on the back of a play booklet from before I knew them + had a lot of working notes on things scribbled in the margains but the date and © were enough for APRA to turn round and dismiss the claim.

I keep a large folder of everything I write down now as a result.
 

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RE: Music copyright
Posted: Fri Aug 1, 2008 9:26 am
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