Safe to upload?

(sorry if this is not the right forum)

I realize a lot of people upload their works to this site (score and all), and I don't know what position these works are in (copyright, published, etc.).

Is it safe to upload an un-published work here? Is there any privacy against non-YC users?

I'm not so much wary of someone using my work (that I don't care of). I don't want someone stealing it and claiming it as their own.

Uploading unpublished scores and midi representations seems a good way to have this happen, does it not?

Didn't see anything on this skimming through searches.

Thanks

Copyright law is really tricky. If you create a score of your composition and upload it to the internet, then you have technically self-published. In most countries, the score and audio would be automatically protected under copyright laws as soon as they come into existence. I really wouldn't worry about the concerns you expressed (as long as you only post your own works); any time you post something on the internet you run the risk of having someone else claim your ideas as their own. As far as privacy goes, I believe you have to be logged into YC in order to view and listen to compositions on the site.

Interesting. Thanks.