#101170 by RhythmMan
Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:39 pm
Thu Feb 18, 2010 5:39 pm
Some folks here may know this - the newer ones may not.
There is a TWO YEAR delay at the Library of Congress.
They are so unorganized there that the backup for new copyrights is now two years.
Unbelievable.
Technically you are covered from the day the Library of Congress receives your song.
But I've sent them so many songs (over 50 in the last few years) that I'm afraid of Bureaucratic screw-up.
.
I submit my songs by the internet. That way it's $35/song, rather than $45/song. (or collection, whichever . . .)
So, now my songs are buried on a hard drive somewhere.
What if they erase it by accident?
. . . not that they could possibly make a mistake, or anything . . .
Ha!
I don't care if I am 'technically covered.'
I don’t trust those imperious bureaucrats. I want my copyright in writing,
I want what I paid for.
Otherwise, if I put a song in public - I lose the song; because people have no qualms about stealing another person's work, nowadays. None at all; no conscience.
.
So I wait and wait - my new songs turning into old songs - while the government does nothing.
Hell - if they’re so busy - the should hire another 100 people.
.
There's no good reason to have to wait TWO YEARS for a copyright from the government. They just keep taking my money, and I'm getting nothing in return.
For them (at $35 a song - and thousands of songs submitted a day) it's just free money. It's a cash-cow.
If any other company on Earth cashed your check immediately, and didn't give you what you paid for - for 2 years - they's be buried in lawsuits and out of business withing a year.
There is a TWO YEAR delay at the Library of Congress.
They are so unorganized there that the backup for new copyrights is now two years.
Unbelievable.
Technically you are covered from the day the Library of Congress receives your song.
But I've sent them so many songs (over 50 in the last few years) that I'm afraid of Bureaucratic screw-up.
.
I submit my songs by the internet. That way it's $35/song, rather than $45/song. (or collection, whichever . . .)
So, now my songs are buried on a hard drive somewhere.
What if they erase it by accident?
. . . not that they could possibly make a mistake, or anything . . .
Ha!
I don't care if I am 'technically covered.'
I don’t trust those imperious bureaucrats. I want my copyright in writing,
I want what I paid for.
Otherwise, if I put a song in public - I lose the song; because people have no qualms about stealing another person's work, nowadays. None at all; no conscience.
.
So I wait and wait - my new songs turning into old songs - while the government does nothing.
Hell - if they’re so busy - the should hire another 100 people.
.
There's no good reason to have to wait TWO YEARS for a copyright from the government. They just keep taking my money, and I'm getting nothing in return.
For them (at $35 a song - and thousands of songs submitted a day) it's just free money. It's a cash-cow.
If any other company on Earth cashed your check immediately, and didn't give you what you paid for - for 2 years - they's be buried in lawsuits and out of business withing a year.