Copyright
By Molly-Ann Leikin
SONGWRITING COACH & MARKETEER
When lyricists, songwriters and singer/songwriters send us their lyrics and mp3’s for consultation, we are happy to accept them if they have the copyright symbol at the bottom of each lyric, and in the body of the email attached to each mp3.
©
With that symbol on your work, we will accept it for consultation. Without it, for legal reasons, we cannot.
You can write that symbol by hand or type it on your work.
Since the circle around the C is not on a normal computer keyboard, what you type is an open bracket, (, followed by the letter C, followed by a closed bracket, ), which magically turns into a circle around the C.
©
It should also be followed by the year you wrote it, the legal names of the writers, plus your contact information:
© 2022 Marcie Goodman, songmdstaff1@songmd.com
With that symbol on your work, you know it is protected, as do we, so there isn’t a trust issue between us. And trust is so important in the creative process.
While we get thousands of requests asking us how to file copyrights, we are consultants, not lawyers, so we aren’t licensed to give you legal advice.
However, as far as our company is concerned, when submitting material to us for consultation, as long as you put the copyright symbol, as shown above, on each item you send us, along with our professional fee, we’ll gladly accept it for your consultation.
Other companies may have other criteria, but ours is as stated above.
Thank you for respecting the professional parameters of this consultancy.
Write well today. We’re in your corner all the way. And we’re ready to set up your lyric/song marketing consultation now.
© 2022 Molly-Ann Leikin