If a recording is made as part of contracted work (also called work for hire), such as an artist recording a song for a label, it belongs to the contracting party (the label, for an artist). If a...
The easiest way is to post the original recording/score to yourself via a recorded special delivery. Write on the envelope it's contents, and never open it once you have received it (unless you need...
By definition, the author of a creative work owns the copyright of that work until it has been legally transferred to others. As a general rule, wiki only acquires a license of the rights, not the...
I am not a lawyer, and copyright law is very complex. What I can say generally is that music is 'intellectual property'. In other words, it is not a physical thing or a piece of real estate. It...