Copyright question

[BobbyBalow]

If I made a beat in reason, can I sell it online? Or are there royalties on the samples? How do I find out? Same goes for Fruity Loops Studio 5. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[bknot1]

all the sounds in Reason, Fruity Loops, MPCs or whatever you use to make beats are royalties free...except when you use samples from someone else record that has been published..

 

[Fieva]

Anything you use in demo refills and what not usually are royalty free as well.

 

[Raticus]

Further more wouldn't worry about copyright infringement unless you clocking big dollars..... No one will notice at the lower level...

Raticus

 

[BeatsBuY]

samples

Ya, unless your selling a beat ta 50 cent, I wouldn,t worry. But, by all means, learn as much as you can about copyrighting and samples. Know your bussiness, that way when it does come to the big bucks, you know what your doing...

 

[Raticus]

Ya, unless your selling a beat ta 50 cent, I wouldn,t worry. But, by all means, learn as much as you can about copyrighting and samples. Know your bussiness, that way when it does come to the big bucks, you know what your doing...

No doubt!!!!

 

[kumbo]

how you go and cipyright a beat or the likeness of a beat?

 

[UNIQNESS]

what if you were to make a song containing a few parts of scratching a sample of someone's vocal and try to copyright your song? would that be OK? or do you need to contact the record company that published the record that you got the sample from?

 

[NickSpringfield]

Yeah, you'd need to get clearance from the original author first. DJ Premier got sued for a big chunk of change for the vocal sample scratching he "borrowed" for Biggie's "The Ten Crack Commandments." Although that song was probably worth it.

-Springfield

 

[BeatsBuY]

If you really want to copyright your songs, go http://www.copyright.gov and fill out the SR form. (here's the form link:http://www.copyright.gov/register/sound.html)

Now to save money, you can put all your beats on 1 CD and submit it as one production or an album. Then you can list each track on that CD. Otherwise, you will spend about $30-$40 per song and that can add up.

Now, if you need to copyright something ASAP, go to the post office and say you want to "poor man copyright" your production. You will need to fill out a registered mail form and mail it back to yourself. NOW NEVER OPEN THE PACKAGE! If it does come down to court, the judge will open the package with your production, the date will be on your CD and the package. That holds up in court that you produced that production on the package date.

Now, that's not 100% copyright! You still need to do it with the Government. But, to copyright a production takes about 3 months or so.

 

[onlydude]

If you really want to copyright your songs, go http://www.copyright.gov and fill out the SR form. (here's the form link:http://www.copyright.gov/register/sound.html)

Now to save money, you can put all your beats on 1 CD and submit it as one production or an album. Then you can list each track on that CD. Otherwise, you will spend about $30-$40 per song and that can add up.

Now, if you need to copyright something ASAP, go to the post office and say you want to "poor man copyright" your production. You will need to fill out a registered mail form and mail it back to yourself. NOW NEVER OPEN THE PACKAGE! If it does come down to court, the judge will open the package with your production, the date will be on your CD and the package. That holds up in court that you produced that production on the package date.

Now, that's not 100% copyright! You still need to do it with the Government. But, to copyright a production takes about 3 months or so.

Can you copyright a beat that you made from a sample? The sample I'm using I just changed the pitch up a few keys and added some chorus to it.

 

[Raticus]

You can copyright your creative version of the sampled composition without permission from the actual original opyright owner....