ECA 333:

If you want to go strictly be the book, as Liszt suggests is "playing by the rules," you should file a new copyright application for the one published song, along with the CD or on whatever medium it was first published within three months for full protection or within five years at the latest. That will provide you with the maximun statutory infringement insurance under Title 17 of the U.S. Code.

If money is tight, however, and you can live with a little less "infringement insurance," I would suggest you let things stand, as is, and should anybody be so foolish as to infringe your song in the future, file for a new registration on the published song AFTER infringement has actually occurred.

It's your money. Spend it as you will.

[This message has been edited by songwriterman (edited 09-10-2003).]