Myows.com

Came across this today, I think it's an interesting means of feeling a bit more secure about the copyright of your works. It's still in beta, and I'm sure it's not an infallible system, but there have been a couple of discussions on the subject lately so I figured I may as well share. Check it out and see what you think:

https://myows.com/

Myows stands for "MY Original Works"

It’s an easy-to-use app dedicated to providing a full suite of copyright solutions, from registration to management.

Myows has been created for designers, photographers, bloggers, writers, musicians and anyone who creates copyrightable work.

All in one place, online, for free

so if i upload your stuff before you i could win a case???

Interesting... has anyone here had any experience with the site?

What’s to stop someone uploading copied work to their Myows account?

Nothing. But if disputed, the original creator would simply have to prove that they had the work before the date that the copier uploaded the work to myows. That way they can prove their copyright and disprove the uploading party’s claim.

Of course, if the original creator also has a myows account, that’ll be very easy! (Just remember to always upload your creations timeously)

Keep in mind also that, I assume, you'd be uploading working files, not audio files. So while you can easily enough upload an Mp3 of a piece of mine, you stand basically no chance of defending in the event of a dispute because I am the only one with the WAV master it was encoded from and, before that, the Logic file that it was created through — or the Sibelius file, or whatever.

Looks exactly like what I was looking for ... let me check it.