Copy wright for a performance.Wat is going on for a copyright?

Question

wen a orchestra plays a compo of mine,withaut notice mee??

Answer 1

Copyright protection for a published or unpublished literary, scientific or artistic work begins when the work is actually created and fixed in a tangible or material form -- either by writing it down, or recording it, or videotaping it, or saving it to a hard drive, etc.   Copyright laws grant the creator the exclusive right to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute, perform and display the work publicly. Exclusive means only the creator of such work, not anybody who has access to it and decides to grab it.

However, PROVING that you are the original author, composer or creator of the work is another question.   For example, my brother is a musician and he lives in the United States. When he writes new lyrics, he prints them out on paper, signs his name at the bottom with the Copyright © symbol to show that he is the author, places it in an envelope and mails it to himself without opening it. His copyright begins at the moment he puts his idea in a tangible form by printing the lyrics out on paper. He creates proof when he mails it to himself - the postmark establishes the date of creation. He then registers his copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office which is a requirement in order to sue for monetary damages should a violation of his copyright arise. However, if somebody copies and redistributes his lyrics without permission before his copyright is registered, he still has the right to assert a copyright claim as the true author.

http://www.whatiscopyright.org/