2015 - Breaking News: Recently, someone claimed that a song he wrote had been stolen by a Grammy-winning artist, who then turned it into a hot new hit!
Fortunately, the person making the claim could
prove the original song was his.
Because that person was
Tom Petty.
He claimed that
Sam Smith, the "Best New Artist of the Year" Grammy winner, used Petty's 1989 song —
Won't Back Down — to make Smith's big hit —
Stay With Me.
And because Petty could
prove it was his song, Smith didn't even put up a fight. No courtroom drama was required, no litigation expenses or lawsuits, just a quick settlement.
The settlement? Petty was immediately listed as a co-writer of
Stay With Me, thus sharing in the publishing rights and will now be paid 15% of all royalties collected!
Considering the song just won the Grammy for "Best Song of the Year," that is financially HUGE for Mr. Petty.
So the big question — If that happened to you, would you be ready?
If you heard a hit tune that used
your song,
could YOU prove it was yours?
It's really pretty simple... So just do it...
Don't take chances. Register your songs now!
Through →
SongRegistration.com —