Dear JYs, Though I am a bit late to reply, I want to tell U what I believe about "copying" Christian music for faith formation.
I love music and have a lots and lots of Christian Gospel CDs. I do not copy any music. This is because, I believe that these singers have taken a lots of pains and prayers for these excellent production. Most of these singers are committed Christians and spends a lot of time with the Lord before a major production. A good friend of mine is a full time gospel singer and has told me that he lives ONLY with the money he gets out of God's Music. And will it be bad if we copy all his music without his permission and distribute it freely? In fact, the music we copy will be of poor quality and will not help the musicians to produce better music further in their career. The name of this game is piracy. More over, we should not copy music as it is against the laws that control the health of this media and the morals that control this God given joy. Indiscriminate copying of music has created a lot of financial problems for various musicians. And, we should not be a party to it. Faith formation is onething and coping music is another issue alltogether. Let us not mix it up. Take for that matter, the Holy Bible. We know that God's Word as printed Holy Bible is one of the most strongly copyrighted material on earth. Why? All the Bible publishing companies have protected their versions through various Copyright act. Why ? For example, the NIV version of the Holy Bible was produced by the efforts of more than 100 Bible scholars around the world taking more than 20 years! Very huge spiritual, intellectual and financial efforts had gone into that project. And, Christian singers and song writers are on different. We need music for our spiritual growth and song writers need food for their earthily growth!! Let Us Live and Let Them Live!!! God Bless Us All!! United in His Love abbyabraham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason :)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 4:49 PM Subject: [JOYnet] Reason : Copyright > Dear JYs > > I am a bit confused about something which has been worrying me for quite some > time and this is regarding Copyrights. > > Why are Spiritual Songs Copyrighted if it is meant to help us to grow > spiritually and closer to the Lord. > > Why are even preachings and teachings of renowned spiritualists and writers > copyrighted. Arent they meant to help us in matter of faith formation. > > urs in faith > > Jason > Mumbai > > **************************************************************** > This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. > For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet > To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe to the list visit > http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join > To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > **************************************************************** **************************************************************** This mail is generated from JOYnet, a Jesus Youth mailing list. For more info on the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet To unsubscribe from the list send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the list visit http://www.jesusyouth.org/joynet/join To get a standard help message on the list services send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] In case of any issue related to the mailing list contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************
