Hi,

i am looking for a platform that can securely host showreel type collections of pieces of music so that I can then send links to producers/directors etc.

thanks for any recommendations.

Send them to me directly ?

You can post tracks privately to most sites I think even Soundcloud. There’s also private google drive and Dropbox. The important thing is to make sure they have been copyrighted ( https://online.berklee.edu/takenote/...yright-a-song/ ) before you send out.

The minute new work is created, it is by default copyrighted.
It's right in your linked post at the very beginning.
To the OP, put showreels on direct links that are password protected (so not public links.) Most cloud sharing and streaming sites have that ability. Share that link and password with who you want to submit it to.

You should read beyond the first sentence. Unfortunately while copyright is inherent, within America you will have a much harder time defending it and will not be able to in a federal court of law without registration.

I'm sorry you are daft. This is not true. Also the Berne Convention exists for a reason. Genuinely, this is too stupid to address as I've dealt with this in a court of law for a major studio.
Stop spreading misinformation.

Then get off your high horse and go defend the artists fighting against AI who just had their case thrown out for this exact reason. Or perhaps just stop spreading disinformation.

You’ll find the Berne convention has caveat thanks to 4262

“Removes the copyright notice requirements with respect to all publicly distributed copies of works. Makes registration a prerequisite to a copyright infringement action except for actions regarding Berne Convention works whose country of origin is not the United States (thus exempting only non-domestic Berne Convention members from the formality of registration as a prerequisite to initiating a lawsuit for copyright infringement). Increases statutory damages.”

Yes it is.

Copyright is granted when the work is fixed in a tangible medium, but suing someone for plagiarism or defending yourself against a claim of plagiarism, requires registration with the copyright office, regardless of what he Berne treaty says.

Cheers.

https://wavekit.app/

https://www.disco.ac/

big thanks!

No it doesn't. And ignoring one of the basic blocks of the international copyright standards is foolish.

If Person A writes a song and Person B hears it, plagiarizes it, and "registers it", Person A can sue Person B. Person B saying "I registered it" will not be any backing in a court of law when Person A can show work product, other persons testifying to the writing process, and/or Person B having listened to it prior to their own work.

In US civil law, you have to sue for something. In copyright law, you are suing to be the copyright holder (in addition to possibly other financial gain.) When you are suing, you have to file a claim to the Registration office because you are saying "no, the other guy has no claim" I'm claiming it. It can be rejected (and will be because there is already another person claiming that work unless the Registrar decides to invalidate the prior claim) but that is part of the point because then it goes to court. But you do not have to be a pre-existing registrar of the work.

The Berne Convention HR amendment was to make a carve out for US domestic law for application to US citizens. That is what that means. The US wouldn't adopt (and this in the general US policy) international treaties that affect US Citizens if there is US domestic law that can apply.

Yes it does.