hip hop beats - Version 1 How To Copyright Your Music To Protect Your Future RoyaltiesMany musicians confuse copyrighting music with registering music; these are two different things. According to the law in the United States, once you have written or recorded your music in a permanent form, it is automatically copyrighted. Of course, it might help to first understand what it means to copyright music. A copyright is a certain legal protection that is offered to those who compose creative works, whether those works are art, music, or the written word. The U. S. Constitution states there are limits one can place on the amount of time the work is exclusively protected. If you copyright music, this means you (and you alone) have the right to use your work or allow others to use your work. You also have