Quote Originally Posted by tocsin
The "mail to yourself method" is a hoax. DO NOT PAY ATTENTION TO IT. I really wish it would die already. Problem is, it sounds logical. But, it's not accepted in courts of law.

As for the label name protection, you want a "trademark" not a copyright.
This method dose work in the UK, iv just done a course in music business. the posting method tends to really only work with music that has been put onto a fixated format but its also another form of proof if you send it to your self.

my advice is to:

1. If you want to protect your own material as intellectual property you must first put your material into a fixated form, meaning that it has to be recorded onto type/CD or written onto paper, then the material has to be sent to the songwriters/creators house recorded delivery and stored in a safe place. By sending the material recorded delivery back to your own address means that you now have proof of the time and date of when that material was first made. Its also good to have afew witness's but make sure there not the type who are going to nick your idea.

2. Then i would register it as a trademark
http://www.patent.gov.uk/tm/howtoapply/index.htm

that site should help you out.
hope this helps ya ;)