I have for some time been aware that the copyright situation on this blog is murky. I have had little luck sorting out a way to continue. Attempting to licence music through APRA/ASCAP would be ~$3000/year with a guarantee that the money doesn’t even go to liturgical composers. I can’t find a licence appropriate to publishing the lyrics on a blog such as this.
I have therefore taken the step of contacting the publishers themselves. I did this anticipating that I would bring down a whole lot of cease and desist orders on my head… and I wasn’t wrong.
I will be very busy working through the posts removing copyright material for some time so I won’t be posting any new material.
In particular, I was planning to blog the “Voices As One” Collection from WLP, but this has been prohibited.
I’m sorry to hear this. The bizarre thing about this is that YouTube must have many thousands of liturgical videos, many of which have been present for years: the lyrics may be part of the video or in the comments section.
Ironically, I’ve never heard of “Voices As One”. WLP might have got some sales by having freely promoted here!
Is it only the lyrics that you’re removing, or the links and your own mp3 files as well?
I’m removing what the copyright holders have asked me to remove – lyrics and backings. I will post more about the situation as it unfolds.