Reply #12: No, they are different but equal. [View All]

[Jamastiene]

Form PA protects the song as it is written (songwriters can use this before they record a final version.) Form SR protects the recorded version of it. Both forms offer equal but different forms of protection.

In other words it you just have a version of a song recorded, not the final version in other words, you will want to copyright that using form PA. If you have recorded it at a studio and plan on releasing it as a cd/dvd, then you copyright the cd/dvd separately to protect that too. Most likely you will want to use form PA in the beginning. I recorded the music I copywrote years ago, but went with form PA, because I knew I would want to record it in better quality and copyright the SR version (final recorded version) later. I'm glad I did too.