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Singer denounces profiteering on hymn copyrights
July 01, 2009
A Church musician has announced that he will no longer sing copyrighted hymns. David Beresford made his statement to protest the steady increase in the number of hymns that have been altered, and copyrighted in their new forms, in collections such as the Canadian Catholic Book of Worship.
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Further information:
- "I will no longer sing hymns with copyrights" (New Liturgical Movement)
- Hymns at Church (Musica Sacra)
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