Copyright Registration

Last one I did was a copyright the publication  process. That copyright the songs in the publication by default.

This is your album you are selling to the public. So you list the songs and artist, producer(s) and list if they were for hired for a flat fee in the making of the publication or be able to claim song rights and what percentage of the song rights they will own.  If the copyrights involve more than just the artists, then you must submit a copy of the recording contract that would state who gets what percentage in song rights. Otherwise, its better that one is drafted anyways on the account of what happens to the copyrights after the artist/copyright holder dies. The stipulation to this is it must be professionally recorded in a studio or recorded by someone hired to record the live recording. Afterwards, you upload the tracks and once you get the publication certification, you can send copies to be distributed in libraries. The thing that speeds up this process is when you have a 3rd party preparer that is a hired contributor to the publication. That falls into the definition of the scribe, or the preparer of the publication at every step. So, for instance I was hired as Audiospecific, to record a band that paid for its services and underwrite the publication copyright. So I certify (by affidavit) the artist's recording is theirs and the proof is I recorded it for the publication and attest that the people hired for services (mastering engineer, etc) have been paid fully and do not have any rights claim to the publication.  Now if you get a paralegal to do this or a lawyer, they have to produce contractual documentation for each song as well as the publication which would include showing proof of hired contributors and their contracts. An artist can copyright all of it too, but must submit all contracts "for hire" individuals and have to show proof of liabilities by contracts (if audited, if they don't require it initially when they review the application).