WELL, WHEN YOU CREATE A BEAT, SONG OR ANY OTHER PIECE OF ARTWORK IT IS COPYWRITTEN.
BUT, WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IS BE ABLE TO PROVE IT IN COURT WHEN SOMEBODY JACKS YOUR STUFF.
THE WAY TO DO THIS IS TO SEND THEM TO THE US COPYRIGHT OFFICE. IT COSTS 30 BUCKS IF I AM NOT MISTAKEN.
YOU CAN DO THIS BY SENDING THEM AN AUDIO CD IN MP3, WAV OR WMA FORMAT. YOU SEND IT TO THEM AND THEY REGISTRATE IT, THEN SEND YOU BACK THE LICENSE.
THIS CAN ALSO BE DONE ONLINE AT WWW.COPYRIGHT.GOV
THERES ALSO THE GHETTO COPYRIGHT AKA THE POOR MANS COPYRIGHT.
WHAT YOU DO IS YOU TAKE AN AUDIO CD OR ANY OTHER FORM OF NON REWRITABLE DATA STORAGE DEVICE AND MAIL IT TO YOURSELF.
WHEN YOU GET IT BACK IT WILL HAVE A DATE MARKED ON IT, WICH WILL PROVE WHEN YOU HAVE HAD IT IN YOUR POSESSION. PUT IT SOMEWHERE SAFE AND DONT OPEN IT. AND WHEN YOU NEED TO GO TO COURT YOU TAKE IT WITH YOU AS PROOF.
MIND YOU THO, THAT THIS DOES NOT WORK IN EVERY STATE OF AMERICA, AND NEITHER IN CERTAIN COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD, SO ITS RISKY AND IF YOU CAN SPARE THE EXTRA BUCKS, I WOULD DEFINITLY DO IT THE OFFICIAL WAY.
EXCUSE THE CAPS!!