I have MW and use Songuard (SG) all the time. I bought it with a one time payment and license. That was more then 3 years ago and SG continues to work AND I get free updates from them all the time. I understand that it's now $200 straight up.Īt the time, MW was $300 and I was able to get it through a BMI discount. I copyright everything I do and work on with co-writers since it's all there and included. When I first started with them, I also was thinking that SG was an annual subscription and one day it might be. I would pay it if it was, since it is so much cheaper than copyrighting every song I write. It would still be cheaper than the USLOC. I had some trouble with MW back in the beginning and I was working with several guys in tech support on getting it resolved for the better part of several weeks.maybe they felt sorry for me and set me up with SG & updates for life but I'm guessing probably not. I think it's just the way they are currently doing business. To get definitive answers, why not send an email to them and ask. Waiting for follow-up to additional questions:Ģ) No, Songuard can never be used seperately from MasterWriterģ) Yes, any thing submitted to Songuard will be kept on record by us permanently.Ĥ) Yes, bug fixes and updates are always free, upgrades are very rare, we have none planned currently and if we did release one there would definitely be an upgrade path. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns or if you need any additional assistance. I am very much interested in purchasing but do have some questions. Do both the Annual License or Buy It licensing deals include the first year of SONGUARD?.If in the second year you don’t renew the annual license can you use SONGUARD separately if you pay the $30 registration\license fee?.If you buy it outright or annual license and after the first year do not renew the SONGUARD license although you can’t add new songs to it are your prior songs submitted under license still maintained under the SONGUARD environment and is a submitter able to access that info that was previously submitted if needed?.If you buy it outright are bug fixes and incremental updates available? Is there an upgrade path should a new version be released with a reasonable payment structure?Īnd Part II: (Note that I got two personal and honest responses in one day.Excellent Customer service (or maybe they had nothing to do :). I'm going to give it a shot but some songs I will also be submitting to the LOC (Library of Congress). I have copyrighted 4 songs already over the years and it is not a difficult process but there is some wait time to getting a confirmation.
Thanks for trying MasterWriter and I hope you find it useful. In regard to Songuard, first note that this feature is inactive in trial mode, we can’t accept submissions from those who do not own MasterWriter.
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