copyright intellectual-property music
Where can I validate my music compositions?
<p>After somebody creates his/her own new song, where does (s)he need to <em>register/verify</em> to be sure it's not a plagiarism?</p>

<p>I'm curious how these things work–who has the power to say a song is a plagiarism of another song or not? Is there any tool to verify this?</p>

<p>Anyone in a country without strong laws against libel can accuse you of plagiarism. If I hear your song on the radio, I'm free to say "it sounds just like xyz written by abc in 1968". But that doesn't mean anything. </p>

<p>If Mr. ABC himself thinks "it just sounds like xyz that I wrote in 1968", then he can accuse you of copyright infringement. And take you to court. And a judge or a jury, supported by expert witnesses, would make the decision whether you copied the song or not. </p>
