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As a person who has written both articles and music for my church to use, I fully support the doing away with copyright. I would love to see anyone be able to use both the written word and music freely, no matter who writes it. Isn't it a shame that things have gotten so out of hand? You can't even sing "Happy Birthday" if you are on the wait staff in a restaurant, because it's copyrighted. I see that literature is going the same way, with sellers of ebooks stating that you aren't buying the book, you're only buying a license to read the book. I understand that some people depend on royalties for their living. I can appreciate that. But somehow, I think that the only ones really benefiting from this are the big publishing/recording companies. Of course, this is my own personal opinion. I don't intend to participate in "piracy" just because I don't agree with the laws. But I do wish we could do something to change them.
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