Who Am I?
Copyrights can be registered under fake names. AKA psuedonyms or fictitious names. Writers with pen names or musicians with stage names sometimes want to use the name identified with the copyrighted work as the registration name, which is perfectly legal and contemplated on the registration forms.
However, if a fictitious name is being used, it must be identified as one on the registration form. But although you have to say if you are using a fictitious name to register, you do not necessarily have to also give your real name. But here’s the tricky part - if you are using a fictitious name, and choose not to reveal your real name in the copyright records, then you should be sure that you either never wish to license the work, or that you have good legal evidence of some kind to prove that you are the actual owner. In other words, if you register a copyrighted work with only a fictitious name, and later try to license that work for publication or recording, the company or person will want to be sure that you have the right to license the work, which means you will have to be able to show some evidence that you are the same as the fictitious name it is registered under.
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