So in this case, you own the demo sound recording copyright and you need to file a separate copyright for that (sound recording copyright Form SR). But in some instances, you might also be creating a demo of your own song.

This is usually form PA in the copyright forms. There are however two forms of copyright in music industry.Īs a songwriter, you should only be applying for a copyright of music and lyrics. The official evidence of ownership is simply a copyright certificate.īefore submitting your songs to an artist, you need to register it to your government copyright office. Legal ownership means that you are recognized by your government as the legal owner of the work. These two can be very different in the eyes of copyright laws. Just because you wrote the song does not mean you have legal ownership of the song. Check item#3: Do you have the legal ownership of the song?