Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!drutx!mtuxo!houxm!whuxl!whuxlm!akgua!gatech!ut-sally!seismo!rlgvax!hadron!jsdy From: jsdy@hadron.UUCP Newsgroups: net.religion,net.legal Subject: Re: query on music copyright Message-ID: <237@hadron.UUCP> Date: Thu, 6-Feb-86 00:57:09 EST Article-I.D.: hadron.237 Posted: Thu Feb 6 00:57:09 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 7-Feb-86 21:32:23 EST References: <462@ssc-bee.UUCP> <611@scc.UUCP> <42@valid.UUCP> <652@brl-smoke.ARPA> Reply-To: jsdy@hadron.UUCP (Joseph S. D. Yao) Distribution: net Organization: Hadron, Inc., Fairfax, VA Lines: 25 Xref: watmath net.religion:9266 net.legal:2866 In article <652@brl-smoke.ARPA> ron@brl-smoke.ARPA (Ron Natalie ) writes: >> In reference to the original question, enforcement of copyright is almost >> impossible, and who wants to get the religious community mad at them because >> they prosecuted a church (which probably can't AFFORD to buy copies of ALL >> the music they use, or it may be currently out of print, etc.)? >I'm sure someone has probably done it, but I haven't seen it for sure. >I have seen them go after high schools though, for copying music even though >they bought a sufficient number of copies for the entire band to have one >each. I'm not sure whether I'm jumping in the middle or the end ... But at my church we are very careful, if we're going to use music for more than a one-shot, to get publishers' permissions. This means that there is some music we can't use, because we can't afford the royalties. But that's life. Apparently, some publishers do regularly at least advance action against folks who use their material without paying. After all, that's how they eat. And on the other hand, at some pentacostal services and other services that just happen to be few and far-between, almost all the music is spontaneous or one-shot; so how do we determine the use? Back, I think, to intention. -- Joe Yao hadron!jsdy@seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}