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According to the Student Press Law Center's Guide to Music Licensing for Broadcasting and Webcasting, there's a longstanding myth that you can use up to 30 seconds of music in any way without fear of copyright infringement. Like many myths, this idea has at least a kernel of truth behind it, however poorly understood.
Copyrighting a song is actually fairly easy. The U.S. Copyright Act of 1909 states that an original work is copyrighted as soon as it is in a fixed and tangible form. In otherâ¦ words, the second that you record that song (whether it be a professional studio, or a tape recorder), it is a protected copyright. Fixed and tangible doesn't have to be a recording either, it can be transcribed into notes on a page as well.