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 Since copyrights arise immediately when a song is created, evidence of when a song was created can be critical if you have a copyright dispute. You may also need to show that you (or your band) actually created the song.
-Formally registering the work with the [http://www.cipo.gc.ca/ Canadian Intellectual Property Office] is one very powerful way to prove you created a song at a certain time. But there are other ways, such as emails and other electronic files. And you don’t ''have'' to register.
+[http://www.cipo.gc.ca/ Formally registering the work with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office] is one very powerful way to prove you created a song at a certain time. But there are other ways, such as emails and other electronic files. And you don’t ''have'' to register.
 If you keep notes, communications (such as email messages) and other material (such as song and lyric versions) relating to the song, those can be valuable evidence in a copyright dispute. There are several inexpensive online storage tools available (check out secure cloud storage).