Posts Tagged ‘copyright’
How does copyright work with translated songs?
Question: I would like to seek your guidance, brother, regarding the translation of English hymns into another language. Here in the local congregation where I belong, we are working on a project to create a new hymnal (words only) where the text is in a local dialect. All of my work (written or translated) are…
Read MoreI received an unofficial CD containing songs I know are copyrighted. What should I do?
Question: A song leader from another congregation had burnt a CD from a group of people who recorded songs from the Hymns for Worship hymnal, to try and teach song leaders how to lead some of the less used songs in the book. He had given it to my grandpa years ago. It is copyrighted material. This…
Read MoreAre you supposed to acknowledge that you are quoting from the NKJV?
Question: If you quote from the New King James Version aren’t you suppose to include a proper acknowledgment? I think it can be found near the preface if there is one in your NKJV. If you don’t include the proper acknowledgment they want is that not breaking copyright law? Answer: Thomas Nelson Publishers ask: The…
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