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This website and the Copyrighted Songs Certificate© themselves, just like the registration with the US Copyright Office, DO NOT create copyright. Our services assist songwriters on creating proof of copyright, to protect their work. Note that “No publication or registration or other action in the Copyright Office is required to secure copyright.” – Circular 1, US Copyright Office, Library of Congress. US laws are in accordance with the Berne Convention, which sets that rights over an intellectual work exist from the very moment of their creation, not depending of any formality, such as the registration or issue of any document by a government office. What sounds like good advice, coming from every single serious professional on the music and legal business is: Make sure you have valid proof of copyright for your song, as soon as you create it. The public Circular 1 from the US Copyright Office makes clear what the registration of a song with the US Copyright Office does and does not. We strongly recommend that you read this document, as it has been proven to be an excellent tool for ceasing several misconceptions that were taken for granted through the past years.

This website is not an arm neither is linked to the US Copyright Office (nor to any government copyright office from any country), and does not purport to be a substitute to the services offered by the Office mentioned. US citizens with residence on the US are required to register their work with the US copyright Office, at any time during the “life” of the copyright, which is the author’s life plus 70 years. – Circular 1, US Copyright Office, Library of Congress. We strongly recommend songwriters to make their own research from different sources about the song copyrighting issue, and to always seek independent professional advice from a lawyer. The songwriter must be able to make his own mind and choose, at his own risk and clear understanding, from what source he wishes to obtain protection for his musical creation.

In no way we guarantee that only by using our services you would be successful on any court decision about a copyright dispute. Therefore, the warranties from this website are limited on providing the services contracted by its members, according to the Conditions and Terms of Service, and are absolutely not extensive on legal disputes or of any kind. Members assume full and complete responsibility for the use or misuse of the contracts and services, and hereby agree not to engage CopyrightedSongs.com in any legal action tied to their use.

The songs featured on this website and all information about them (including who their respective writers are) are submitted by those songwriters members of this website, and CopyrightedSongs.com does not hold any responsibility about their truthfulness, precision or content. If you feel there is an error, misuse, imprecision or offense, in any way, to your or anyone else’s rights, please report it at report@copyrightedsongs.com and our administrative and legal departments will proceed accordingly.