As mentioned in the previous week’s post, sitesandsounds.com will provide its users with the opportunity to copyright their original songs and compositions if they so choose. Sitesandsounds.com will strongly urge their users to copyright their music so that it cannot be copied, stolen, or used by anyone else.
Although stealing another person’s original music does not fall directly under the issue of identity theft, they can both be associated with one another. If a person were to steal music and lyrics that you yourself wrote and then profited from it, they are in a sense committing identity theft. Even though identity theft deals with issues such as stolen credit card and social security numbers, stealing another person’s creation (be it a story, painting, , song, etc.) is equally as bad and dangerous. A person’s career may depend on their personal creations, and if someone steals that from them, it could potentially cause harm to or destroy their career.
Lastly, 18-29 year olds account for almost 30% of all identity theft complaints, and that is the prime age for budding new artists. To ensure that their identity is protected, sitesandsound.com will continuously reiterate the importance of copyrighting any music that is uploaded to a person’s profile on the site. Better be safe than sorry!
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