hmm opinons please

its been awhile since ive posted here, but im still kinda scarred of putting up lyrics ive written, im deathly affrid of my songs getting stolen. but this place seems pretty legit. so im guna start posting my songs and prey that they dont get stolen, suppper stoked about posting my lyics, i want to hear everyone's opions. later toaday ill post

It's hard to say whether people here would steal your stuff or not, I can't vouch for anyone other than myself...I certainly hope no one would though, we are all fellow musicians and know how important our music is to us. But if you are realy paranoid about it...just copyright your stuff...Jazz actaully made a lesson about copyrighting your music should the need arise... Copyrighting Music

i wouldn't put the tabs up

If anyone actually does steal it write a real"** you" type song and tell them to steal that one too.

but then they wouldnt steal it or would they

They'd look pretty damn stupid singing a song that is insult-driven about themselves. If that makes sense. idk.

Thanks GS, I was about to post that.

Acidcrash, we all take a risk when it comes to posting our songs since those who aren't even members can view these topics. But if your songs are complete then I'd definitely reccommend that you copyright them. If they're just rough ideas I'd still post them since we can give you advice on your weak points and compliment your strong points.

Two route will insure you are okay and can post anything.

Join(if you have not already) ASCAP or BMI ... these are the to most used 'Publishers' simply send THEM the song 1st then post away, easy as 1, 2, 3 !

copyrighting is not a very good defense but doesn't hurt.

(the laws via Copyright have been mangled through the years, copyright wise, i could change a line or to or one chord in one verse and , if the tune is not published and protected by BMI or ASCAP , anybody can 'steal' your tune. (i wouldn't worry about it anyway as its incredibly rare)
BUT if yer still worried, ...ASCAP / BMI (hey! they write nice che3cks as well!)


RAWK!
Cs

nice advice Carl, i just joined BMI

So I've always wanted to get input from my tunes i figured screw this copyright junk and posted it. I'm on the other side cuz I'm not looking to be some rock star, or anything like that so if someone stole my song i would be giddy. I'd just be thrilled that someone thought my song was good enough to learn and play. My plan was then to contact them and ask for money...

I mean look what good is the "best song in the world" if it's not shared and no one hears it.

personally i have no problem with it because i'm not playing guitar to make money, its a hobby. you may not know but i used to put alot of songs on here so i'd say yeah go ahead

dood i posted my lyrics a long time ago because these people on this site seem trustworthy i had the same fear too but i went for it and got soooooo many good comments it made me feel warm and fuzzy inside

Acidcrash, you can hide text from non-registered users by using code below:

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Yeah I've worried about that too. It's also a reason why I've kept quite a few of my songs hidden away, particualrly those I've figured out what I think are good tabs for them. I know what you mean, I trust every single member here, but I just worry about lurkers.

But, now we don't have to worry anymore anyway! That code was a great
idea.

Thanks admin that will come in handy

Admin you rock, that was a fast response to my request too! Thanks so much!

would it be possible to have a section that only members can view where we can post our lyrics and stuff?