intellectual property rights etc

[SoClose]

could someone here give me the rundown on what needs to be done to secure my musics IPR?
what do i need to have done to have a copyright on my cd?
do i even need one?

does owning the master recording give me all these rights?

 

[James-Doolan]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright

http://www.cai.ie/faq/index.htm

the second link relates to the law in ireland not sure how other countries handle it

 

[Kazrog]

Another cool option these days is Creative Commons:

http://creativecommons.org/