copyright: eCO electronic registration
Has anyone used the U.S.A. copyright office eCO (electronic copyright) registration functionality yet? I have read the tips and faqs, but have some questions of a practical nature:
1. How well does eCO work?
2. Do you submit the performance (old form SR) and the written music (old form PA) all together? That is, for one song -say named "Friends Forever" - two files something like: ff_perform.wav (for the performance) and ff_score.doc (for the score and lyrics)?
3. I'm a songwriter/singer. I certainly plan on submitting the performance, but how important is it to also submit the score/lyrics? I ask this because, quite frankly, these are in pretty rough shape and will take some time to clean up.
4. Related to 3 above... Will Sonar staff view and lyrics function combine to create a reasonably passable score/lyrics document to pass along to the copyright office? Alternate ideas?
Background: I am a songwriter/performer mostly in the pop/rock genres. I have several original short pop tunes I am interested in registering for copyright and then getting out for public consumption. This is my first venture into copyrighting anything. My plan of action is:
A. Copyright
B. Soundclick.com
C. Cakewalk 'Songs' forum
D. CD Baby
E. Beverly Hills
FYI The 'tone' on the copyright.gov website seems to indicate they want to do away with submission of hard copy...move to all electronic media.