uriahsmusic
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Texas and NY
I have seen multiple posts that don't quite get to this exact question and the answer has always been that everyone involved owns an equal part of the copyright as long as there is nothing against that premise in writing.
The reason I ask this over is because I have always been told that you can only copyright the lyrics and the melody!
Not the chords or the that funky music track that the song was written to...Just the melody and the lyrics...
What is the real deal?
example is...Sally says lets hit the studio to write!...I show up...I throw down this slammin track (drums, piano guitar etc) she starts putting this melody an lyrics to it...
I wrote the music that she wrote the lyrics and melody to...do we split the copyright?
Once again ...I was told only the lyrics and melody can be copyrighted...
thanx fo answering
I have seen multiple posts that don't quite get to this exact question and the answer has always been that everyone involved owns an equal part of the copyright as long as there is nothing against that premise in writing.
The reason I ask this over is because I have always been told that you can only copyright the lyrics and the melody!
Not the chords or the that funky music track that the song was written to...Just the melody and the lyrics...
What is the real deal?
example is...Sally says lets hit the studio to write!...I show up...I throw down this slammin track (drums, piano guitar etc) she starts putting this melody an lyrics to it...
I wrote the music that she wrote the lyrics and melody to...do we split the copyright?
Once again ...I was told only the lyrics and melody can be copyrighted...
thanx fo answering