Hi
i wanted to know about the copyright issues in posting an original work (song with lyrics or songs or lyrics only or music only) on youtube.com with out register this work with the US copyright office..
i thought that if one post such original work on youtube that should hold up in court if some one infringes the work, since the videos posted on youtube are time stamped by youtube and then we can refrence the time and content of the video to proof the ownership of the work...
thats to say , if sb post original work on youtube with out registering in the copyright office and then some one uses this work illegally and goes and register it with the copyright office in his name.. if i sue for infringement, will the fact that i have the same original work uploaded to youtube and TIME STAMPED by youtube to a time before the other person ripped it off and registered it with the office
if this is true, what factors to consider so that an original work posted on youtube have a solid copyright.. like does the videos has to contain voice or faces of creator or just a phone and address refrence is enough since a phone and address is a legal proof of identity.
kinda like youtube being the new poor man copyright???
thanks

