Thanks for the info Mark! It's great to have an insider here!

This damaged CD happened awhile back. I did send another CD (probably damaged too, they just didn't listen this time).

Since then, I don't register my songs anymore with the copyright office. It's too expensive and takes up time I could be using more productively.

The first song I registered with the copyright office was in the late 50's (your typical C-Am-F-G ballad that was so popular back then)) - yikes 50's!

Anyway, I wanted to check the copyright office to see if that song was still on file. They were going to charge me a couple hundred dollars to find out. Needless to say, I told them to forget it.

Best, John