Hi Desertmusician,

I usually only post at the Technics site but decided to have a look around the rest of this great forum. From the remarks in this post, I guess you are located across the pond from me (I'm in UK) As some other members have said, if you create a 'work of art' and you say that it is copyright then it is copyrighted. A simple way to prove ownership is to place a copy of the work, in the case of a song, either paper copy of the words and/or music or an audio recording in a package and then mail it to yourself. When you receive it, leave it unopened and lodge it with your bank, solicitor or other secure place. The package will bear the dated postmark. If your copyright ever needs to be proven, then any court would accept this - at least in UK.
Hope this may help


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Willum

[This message has been edited by Bill Norrie (edited 05-18-2002).]