To sum up. Really I think that posting yourself a copy is good for peace of mind and to have some cover. Obviously if I write a song with the stature of 'stairway to heaven' for example, you know I'm going to cover myself and make sure legally I couldn't be more covered. The fact remains if your writting these sort of songs then your not an amateur and you will most likley be playing this stuff live-(you've just covered yourself again)you aint gonna be stupid and just mail yourself a copy of a song that could give you great attention. What I said in my first post was that it is the cheap method. If you write a second rate song and you wanna carry on playing it without worrying it's gonna be pinched you should just mail it to yourself-(who else is going to try and replicate this song) and if it does come up somewhere else you've got a 'leg to stand on' and you can laugh about someone else playing that same form of song.
Cover yourself in the way you think's appropriate-cost is usually an issue as is time-if you write a possible no.1 then make sure by law you've done all you can-at the end of the day, play the damm thing and enjoy yourself.
Let that be an end to this.
Cover yourself in the way you think's appropriate-cost is usually an issue as is time-if you write a possible no.1 then make sure by law you've done all you can-at the end of the day, play the damm thing and enjoy yourself.
Let that be an end to this.