Wagman Hurwitz has extensive experience assisting clients with identifying, acquiring, registering, licensing, protecting, and defending copyright interests in all sorts of subject matter. 

Copyright protects original works of authorship that are fixed in a tangible medium. A singer’s performance by itself is not protected, but if the performance is recorded, then the recording of the performance is protected. Nothing needs to be filed with the government in order to obtain this protection because copyright protection applies to a work as soon as it is created. However, there are significant advantages to registering your work. The most significant benefit is that if you register your work before it is infringed, then the infringer may have to pay you a fine of up to $150,000 per infringement and also reimburse your attorney’s fees.