I am not a lawyer (and even if I were, any advice you
receive in a free on-line group such as this is worth
exactly what you paid for it), but this is my understanding
of how copyright works for derivative works:
You own the copyright in the original work, therefore you
already own the copyright in all the derivative works.
There is no need to register this under a separate
copyright. Simply put the same copyright notice you already
have on the original.
Save yourself the registration fee. Of course, if you have
any doubt you should consult a copyright attorney in your
area, preferably one who work in the music field especially.
David H. Bailey
Aryeh Har-Even wrote:
Hi group - I figured this would be a good place to get an answer to this
question.
I'm about to register a work of mine with the Library of Congress. The work is
a revised version of a musical I had previously registered thus making this a
derivate
work. Everything is in PDF via Finale and comes in at just over 600 pages.
Question: can I just upload the PDF files with the eCO online system? And should I state that the work is unpublished? (I don't believe the work would be considered published as only a few execerpts have been posted on my web page and nothing has been for sale, rent, etc. Just a few scenes given to friends and family on CD for their personal listening pleasure.) But if I do list the work as published, will I have to submit two copies to satisfy the Manditaroy requirement? I had never heard of this till recently.
At any rate, the work is only in digital form, i.e. PDF, so would the copyright
office expect me to print out and bind two copies just for them?
Thanks so much in advance,
Aryeh
http://www.RocknMoses.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Aryeh-Har-Even/93404883886
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