I want a letter to give copyright permission for my song to a nonprofit work?
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You don't need an attorney to grant permission to use your song.  Just write a letter granting non-exclusive permission for the organization in question to use the song, and specify the nature of how it will be used.\n\nYou should specify in the letter that the material should be credited to you, no changes should be made without your specific permission, and that the use is limited to the specific grant.
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Call the church office and ask them for their nonprofit id.\n\nWith love in Christ.
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me!!!im a nursey worker and if you email me with some details and what he/she likes i will personalize you a song about whatever you want-wham i doing this?just in the process of trying to get some business set up so ill do yours if you give me an honest opinion of what you think-send it to you by email file or maybe post if the file wont fit-please give me a go-what you got to lose?thanks
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I can email it to you if you give me your email address. I tried to email it using the email feature on this Q&A section but i cant send files through it. I have Limewire so I just downloaded it and I tested it so I know it works. Email me or IM me and Ill get back to you.\n\nUPDATE: I sent the song to dyboy34@yahoo.com I hope that is your email address. If not then tell me what it is so I can send you the song.\n\nPS: Im reading some of these other answers and...well...people, the dude said he does not want to download any weirda$$ programs like Limewire so those did not really help, lol.
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Shoot me a note with your idea
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Yes.\n\nhttp://www.copyright.gov/help/faq/
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open a free account at www.filelodge.com and upload a song..they are a file hosting service & they will provide you with URLs once the song is uploaded
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No...it is copyright infringement....I would seek permission first....and then you can acually sell the permission...lol...and make a profit.\n\nCopyrights are very easy to obtain...and there is not always a record of it. BE CAREFUL.
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US Copyright Office.gov
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Not to dis the previous responder, but they are mistaken. I'm a partner at a very respected independent publishing administration company and have been doing this for 14 years. There are separate copyright forms for the master and for the publishing. The former is a called an SR form and the latter is called a PA form. You can download the forms from the U.S. Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/forms/. There are also instructions available on how to fill out the forms. ASCAP and BMI have nothing to do with copyright. They will get you paid for any so-called public performance (e.g., radio, tv, cable, elevator music). And many professionals look to these sites to find out who to contact about licensing a particular song. Also, if you're serious about writing and/or performing music, you'll want to affiliate with a performance rights organization, which is what ASCAP and BMI are called. When you affiliate, you'll need to give them information about some of your songs and you'll need to pick your top 5 choices for publishing company names. The reason you need to pick so many is that most of the really creative or punny names have already been taken. Your best bet is to use your full name in publishing company name. So if your name is Jane Beth Doe, call it Jane Raye Doe Music. This will probably be more likely to be available than Doe Raye Me Music. \n\nAnyway, to get to your question copyright in the publishing means the lyrics and the notes. This is what you use the PA form for. Copyright in the master means the actual recorded version of this music, which technically is different for every re-recording of the song. The copyright office material will say you don't have to actually copyright anything. That once you've recorded the song, or written out the lead sheet, it's automatically copyrighted. But that doesn't really do you any good if no one but you knows it's copyrighted. Also, you have no protection under the law unless it's copyrighted through the U.S. Copyright Office. So again, if you're going to be serious about this, spring for the 30 bucks and a CD-R and GET IT COPYRIGHTED!
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Here is a site with information on how to write a good donation letter - follow their tips!  \n\nhttp://www.leadership-tools.com/sample-letter-asking-for-donation.html\n\nthere are some samples for different types of fundraising letters here:\n\nhttp://www.fundraisingknowhow.com/fundraiser-help/sample-fundraising-letters.aspx\n\nfor more examples you can do a internet search for "fundraising letters" or "donation letters" to see if any other interesting sites pop up.\n\nGood luck!
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Here's what the US Copyright Office has to say:\n\n"gives the owner of copyright the exclusive right to do and to authorize others to do the following:\n\n      To reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords;\n\n      To prepare derivative works based upon the work;\n\n      To distribute copies or phonorecords of the work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;\n\n      To perform the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works;\n\n      To display the work publicly, in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work; and\n\n      In the case of sound recordings*, to perform the work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission."\n\nHope that helps! I wish you much success & happiness in all your ventures!
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First step is to put 'All pages (or, "All writings") contained herein (the) copyright (symbol)  2006 (the year, of crs) by your name, on the title page (for a book manuscript)...\n\nwhen you put your name/signature on any creative work, they say you are protected. \nIf you are very serious, there is the U.S. Copyright Ofc, in Washington D.C. They don't come to the telephone in a hurry, and you do pay a fee...if you do it via snail mail (I haven't looked lately...likely you can find info and I bet even the application papers, online), you'll need to get a good book, as yu'l likely sit 'on hold' a time...then, you'll need a copy of your text, to send in with the fee and form papers.\nBe aware, that once the copyright expires (yu get to keep renewing it, every few years), then the copyright registered work comes under the 'public domain'...anyone can swipe, legally then. And, yes, they do want you to keep paying renewal fees, last I knew. \nThe old 'kitchen table copyright' is legally binding, in cases of dispute, as far as, again, I last heard: You put a copy of your completed work, into a sealed envelope, which you mail from yourself, to yourself (at the same address). You then file the sealed envelope with its contents away, 'in case'. The rules are different for writing lyrics, and for visuals, for artworks, than for text, when going thru the Wash. DC ofc.\nBest wishes, WRITER
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http://www.copyright.gov/\nhttp://www.copyright.com/
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You can write up your own.  I would google for some examples, but honestly a statement describing what the instrument is intended to do, and have it notorized, signed, and recorded...and you're done.
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Legally, all you have to do is write (or type) the copyright on the song/essay/book whatever with your name or a pseudonym after the date and name.\n\n\nBUT, it will help you protect your copyright if you register it.\n\nwww.copyright.gov/register/\nhas the form you need.\nthe form is free.\nRegistering the copyright costs 30 dollars or so in the US.
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Don't know where you can download it but i'll try and email you the song itself.