Apparently there are even instances where the publishers themselves will demand "no copying" even if it's within the set of people who have "that" supposed "right" to be utilizing the publishers' published material....point in question....when our church got new hymnbooks about 15 yrs. ago, we were able to obtain a "cassette" of some folks singing each of those songs....this was so all could "learn" the new songs....those cassettes went out like hotcakes and then less then a year later; the ministerial department had to request that all those "cassettes" be erased and simply destroyed...not thrown away, but destroyed literally....Now there is no other body of people or even any number of "individuals" that have sought to make any of these new songs within the "new" book their's by recording them for whatever reason...but the publishers demanded that NO "copying" be done, even if it was within the "church" that had compiled the hymnbook for their own use...it definitely says within the front jacket of the hymnbook "there shall be NO copying of any materials published within this book; whether for private, public or congregational benefit" So this "copyright" law is tedious....BTW, the publishers of this particular hymnbook are in Glasglow, Scotland! So we're talking about international copyright laws! It gets rather tedious when it comes to "published" musical or written works! Just to be safe, I just try to stay honest with my usage of such material...I buy what I want or need and if I can't afford it, then I don't need it! JMHOP! Thanks for the soapbox!

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