Comments on: Google Music Artist Hub hands on Part 1: getting started

By: Luís Rosales

Luís Rosales — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 17:27:00 +0000

Of course, technically anything you create automatically is copyrighted. Although the difference is that some people (like top companies) prefer to have it in paper, or legal documents. I’m a musician and i release stuff here and there, and have it available for download, im not going to say i’m good, but i am going to say im sure I am protected since i have my music production saved, and I uploaded it officially myself.

if you draw a doodle like a stick figure, and post it somewhere you automatically have the rights to your work even with out government papers. Just make sure you sign it (in music add the correct metadata) and you should be 100% safe.

By: charlynne

charlynne — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:26:00 +0000

the new music business has arrived.

By: charlynne

charlynne — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:26:00 +0000

the new music business has arrived.

By: charlynne

charlynne — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:26:00 +0000

the new music business has arrived.

By: Fhuhfiufhiu

Fhuhfiufhiu — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:26:00 +0000

Send a copy of your music to yourself via mail, the dated postal stamp acts as a copyright.

By: David Corsalini

David Corsalini — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:07:00 +0000

So, my brother compose music. We are in Italy. He hasn’t copyrighted his songs. Does he have to go through the SIAE (the local vampires that “protect” artists) or he can just upload his songs on gMusic? Will this be enough to have some rights on that song? Still, consider we are in Italy and not in the US!

By: Edevine9

Edevine9 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 15:12:00 +0000

Copyright law. All you have to do is write copyright and the date and that’ll provide basic protection. It’s not complicated.

By: Emafa

Emafa — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:24:00 +0000

I am interested to find out about any answer to the question of Cmgary7, I am in the same situation, have several songs without copyright. There is any option that you can copyright your song at the same moment that you upload it to your webpage?

By: jon k

jon k — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:16:00 +0000

Im pretty sure Spotify requires a “certified representative” which essentially amounts to being signed to a label. Meaning that its not open to all

By: Cmgary7

Cmgary7 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 05:59:00 +0000

So what if you don’t have your original songs copyrighted? Is that going to be an issue. I write my own music but don’t have my music copyrighted so I want to know if I will be safe to buy a page and sell my music without other people stealing it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:18:00 +0000

Sell directly to customers too. Something iTunes or Amazon doesn’t allow. I’m pretty sure Spotify deals directly with artists.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:11:00 +0000

And they’re as big as Google?

By: Chris Burns

Chris Burns — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 03:09:00 +0000

A page isn’t just “one page”, its your ability to show and sell music in the store – you get album pages, pages for songs, pages here, and pages there. Check out the site for more details or hang out for the next chapter.

By: Jaems1964

Jaems1964 — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:51:00 +0000

um… free set up would be nice! There are a tons of “independent” start up sites for musician and recording artists, for free. $25.00 for one page?