You know, topics similar to this one have come up enough times that it makes we wonder why people are so worried. In considering why someone might be so worried about protecting and "date stamping" his composition, two possibilities come to mind:
- He's scared a pirate is going to hear it (somewhere), record it, claim authorship and pocket millions (tens of thousands, anyway) in songwriter's royalties.
- He's scared that after he's legitimately earned tens of thousands (thousands, anyway) in artist's and songwriter's royalties, some pirate is going to claim authorship and demand payment.
How likely are either of these? I mean, really?
Maybe there are other possibilities I haven't considered. I suppose a third is that "our guy" is the pirate, and it's the second possibility in reverse.